07/03/2012 by admin.

DSW-765 is a new saliva drug test panel from www.UKDrugTesting.co.uk  offering an ideal combination of drug tests in a single 6 drug saliva testing screen for workplace drug testing.

The DSW-765 panel comes from one of the worlds leading manufacturers of saliva drug testing kits, and has full quality certification including CE, IVDD, TUV etc.

Packs contain 20 full saliva drug tests, each individually foil wrapped, 20 saliva collection swabs and 20 collection and transfer tubes, together with an easy to follow instruction and clinical data sheet. The 20 test pack retails for between £110 and £125 plus VAT, making it one of the most cost effective 6 drug saliva tests available currently in UK. However the performance is anything but cheap. The membranes give clear easy to read results, tests take a maximum of 10 minutes to complete, and individual results are given for each of the 6 drug groups included on the test.

But its the combination which makes it a first choice for workplace drug screening & testing:

Cannabis
Cocaine
Amphetamine
Methamphetamine
Bezodiazepine
Opiate

Covering a full range of common recreational drugs, (the Methamphetamine test will detect both crystal ice but also most MDMA Ecstacy tabs which will commonly contain MET and other Amphetamine esters) Benzodiazepines are a wide ranging group of prescription drugs including tranquilisers and sleeping pills (important to screen if employees are to undertake high HSE risk roles) and lastly Opiates which will cover for street heroin, but also prescription pain killers containing high dose codiene, which again can have a sedative effect. DSW-765 saliva drug test packs are available from www.UKDrugtesting.co.uk

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18/07/2011 by admin.

A new oral fluid or saliva drug test panel option is available with a combination which is ideal for employment drug screening being conducted by business users. the 6 drug “saliva confirm” drug test oral drug testing kit from confirm bioscience screens a saliva sample for cannabis, amphetamines, opiates (heroin) cocaine, benzodiazepines, methamphetamines and ecstacy, the last 2 drug groups are not differentiated so a positive result indicates the detection of one or both drugs in the sample.

The combination on this saliva drug test make it an ideal choice for business and employment drug screening. The saliva confirm panel covers everything that employers are expected to screen for in one simple and easy to do test.

The saliva confirm oral drug test is also available in single, five test and 25 test packs so an exact number can be purchased rather than the standard 25 test pack multiples required by many other manufacturers.

The Saliva confirm 6 drug test panel is fully CE and FDA certified and manufactured to exacting quality standards expected by professional health screening agencies. All component drug test membranes are highly accurate and batch tested to ensure selectivity and specificity to the point of testing.

More details and pricing are available here for the saliva confirm drug test kits

 Saliva Confirm 6 drug + XTC
Drugs Tested:

Amphetamines / Speed (AMP)
Benzodiazepines / Tranquilisers (BZO)
Cannabis / Marijuana (THC)
Cocaine / Crack (COC)
Methamphetamines (MET) also wil detect MDMA (XTC)
Opiates / (Codeine, Morphine) Heroin (OPI

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04/07/2011 by admin.

Business drug and alcohol testing is growing, and now forms an important element of general health screening for job applicants, accross a wide spectrum of industry. The growth in drug use has seen more and more employers addressing the issues of drug misuse, dependency and social recreational use creeping into the workplace and employee productivity and safety. Pre-employment drug screening has seen the greatest growth in recent years, and now extends far beyond the safety critical employment roles.

Employers are perfectly at liberty to request applicants provide a drug screen sample as part of any job application. Prospective employees may decline. There is no current UK legislation preventing an employer from excluding a candidate on the basis that they have refused to provide a sample for drug screening as part of the companies routine pre-employment screening. As long as the drug screening is routine, this does not currently constitute discrimination of any kind. Indeed companies can argue that they hold a duty of care to ensure no employee undertakes duties while under the influence of drugs or alcohol which may make both them and their environment unsafe for themselves and fellow workers. The last argument is much stronger where the employment role includes safety critical duties.

Pre-employment drug testing is therefore one of the most easy and common programmes of drug screening to implement and operate. We are often asked by companies what is the most common package of drugs, or minimum range of drugs which is expected in a drug screening program. The answer is not always straight forward, as some consideration should be given to the target demographic and also local drug availability and usage patterns. As a base guide we would recommend a baseline of 5 or 6 drug groups, to which other local or industry specific additional can be made. FOR UK EMPLOYMENT DRUG TESTING we would recommend the screen cover  Cannabis, Cocaine, Opiates, Methamphetamine & Amphetamine +/- Benzodiazepines For most screening a 5 panel drug test kits is the best option for urine drug testing and if saliva drug testing is preferred then a 6 drug saliva testing kit for Cannabis, Cocaine, opiates, Amphetamine, Methamphetamine and PCP is a great option. A wide range of urine and saliva drug test kits are currently available.

Buyers should ensure that packs are from a reputable specialist supplier, offering full technical support and cross reference data for the kits. All drug screening kits should be properly branded CE marked professional packs with original data sheet and both CE mark, manufacturers data and EU representative details for the CE quality mark (CE mark alone is not good enough) the product you buy should be healthcare standard class1 biotech imported as an IVDD (In Vitro Diagnostic Device) and stored correctly by the distributor. Ensure the supplier has over 10 years experience of drug screening biotechnology and has medically trained staff with clinical experience of drug screening available to advise you as part of the service.

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20/10/2010 by admin.

More and more companies in the UK are now routinely undertaking regular drug and alcohol testing programs. Leading the way are safety critical employers, where drug screening is an integral element of health and safety proceedure. UK Employment agencies are increasingly being requested to provide drug and alcohol tests as part of a routine pre-employment screen, and as an ongoing certification requirement for contract or agency staff, being deployed in safety critical employment environments.

Drug testing in the workplace need be no more taxing for employers than a routine urine dip health test for kidney disease or diabetes, and is available from under £4.00 per test.

Urine drug screening products offer the most cost effective and best route for effective detection of drug use in the preceeding 72hrs.

Many testing agencies would prefer to test using a saliva drug test kit, until they understand the much shorter period of detection achievable with instant on site saliva drug tests (12-24hrs in most drug group) Of course this can be an advantage where agencies are concerned only with detecting recent or active drugs, currently still in the employee and still likely to be psychoactive and affecting performance.

Urine drug tests will detect the use of drugs in the last 3 to 5 days, so they will detect recreational Cannabis, Ecstacy and Amphetamine use (club drugs) used on a Friday and Saturday, in employee drug tests on Monday or Tuesday.

A full list of product specific drug detection times is available from www.ukdrugtesting.co.uk drug detection times data here

Packs specifically taylored to employers needs for drugs and alcohol testing are available from www.valuebreathalysers.co.uk or  here

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