Drug & Alcohol Testing in the Workplace
The Repton Group through Concateno can offer drug & alcohol testing in the workplace. Our expertise is unmatched and our staff are passionate about working with customers to find the best possible solution for them.
Studies have shown that employees under the influence of drugs or alcohol are four times more likely to have an accident at work than their colleagues.
The inappropriate use of alcohol or drugs can seriously affect an individual’s performance at work, increasing reaction times, impairing perception and leading to poor decision making. This can be harmful to the employee, the team around them and the general public.
The effects of drugs and alcohol on a person conducting a safety critical job such as driving a vehicle, using heavy equipment or using machinery with moving parts can literally be lethal.
Market Sectors: Who Uses Us
Our business is aligned to best service the needs of six core markets.
Market Workplace Workplace Criminal Justice Maritime Child Protection / Family Law Laboratory Products |
Description Testing of employees and job applicants Testing to support drug treatment, research and monitoring Testing to support Judicial Systems Testing of International Shipping Testing to support family law, child protection and forensics Clinical Diagnostic Products |
The advantage of a Drug & Alcohol policy
The advantages of having a drug and alcohol policy are often immeasurable. Our customers have experienced many positive effects which include the following:
- Companies often find that merely having a drug & alcohol policy in place acts as a deterrent and reduces misuse without having to actually conduct extensive testing.
- Implementing a drugs and alcohol policy can be an extremely effective tool in managing staff productivity.
- A rapid decline in absenteeism and performance.
How can The Repton Group help you?
We provide a complete package of support for companies from advice on setting up a drug & alcohol policy right through to sample collection and analysis.
Screening Options
There are a series of screening options available to you. These include:
- Pre-employment screening, this can be incorporated into a medical or stand-alone and used to identify potential problems with employees.
- Random testing, this is used to test staff members who may work in a safety critical position.
- For-Cause testing, this is used to test employees following an incident or when a potential accident has been narrowly missed and there is cause for suspecting that drugs or alcohol may have been a factor in the incident.
The most effective policies utilise a combination of all the available screening options. These are non-invasive procedures collecting samples from saliva, hair, urine and breath.
Point of Care Tests
Point of Care Testing (POCT) is a screening detection technique carried out beside or near to the individual being tested, immediately after they have provided a sample for detection. The benefits of point of care testing flow from having test results in minutes. The Repton Group through Concateno can provide POCT products suitable for testing using oral fluid, breath and urine.
Urine Point of Care Testing
A urine test can detect the presence of drugs for up to 4 days post drug use.
Results can be obtained in as little as three steps and within five minutes.
Appropriate facilities and trained sample collectors are required to obtain suitable urine samples.
Oral Fluid
Oral fluid testing is an alternative or supplementary test matrix alongside urine testing. Oral fluid tests detect drugs that have been taken over the last two days.
The main advantage of these tests is that no special facilities are required to carry out the test procedure.
The Repton Group uses the Drug Detection System (DDS®), an enhanced on-site saliva drug detection system. With sampling taking approximately 30 seconds and results for the presence of up to 6 different drugs being displayed in under 5 minutes and 2 drugs in under 90 seconds, the DDS® system is the fastest most reliable drug testing instrument currently available worldwide.
Breath Alcohol Testing
The Repton Group use device that measures alcohol in either breath or saliva. Our instrument is UK Home Office and DfT approved and used by police forces throughout the world.
Our collection officers are equipped with breath alcohol testing devices and are able to provide test results to the highest levels of defensibility.
24 Hour On-Call Service
The Repton Group through Concateno provide reliable fast response ‘on-call’ drug and alcohol testing services for UK companies who need to test personnel after incidents (‘For Cause’ testing). Our collectors are ready to respond to call outs within two hours.
We have Collecting Officers ready to visit customer sites (including vessels and offshore locations) available round the clock, every day of the year. We can provide collectors trained in Chain of Custody procedures for hair, oral fluid, urine and breath, who understand the need to minimise the impact and disruption that testing can have on the environments to which they are called.
