Companies have a legal obligation to provide a safe working environment. Conducting drug screening is important to ensure that the company is taking necessary precautions to protect its employees and customers by minimizing the risk of accidents at workplace.
Engaging in drug abuse can affect your company's productivity by increasing absenteeism, accidents, attrition, and violence in the workplace. More importantly, drug abuse at the workplace can lead to ethical violations. Drug abuse by employees can also inflate employee insurance and health related expenses of a company.
The above outcomes of drug abuse can cost an organization time, money, reputation and loss of competence.
Supported by a network of leading medical laboratories, United Team HR conducts comprehensive medical check-ups for its clients.
Find below Chart of different types of drugs and the approximate values for detection periods.
Engaging in drug abuse can affect your company's productivity by increasing absenteeism, accidents, attrition, and violence in the workplace. More importantly, drug abuse at the workplace can lead to ethical violations. Drug abuse by employees can also inflate employee insurance and health related expenses of a company.
The above outcomes of drug abuse can cost an organization time, money, reputation and loss of competence.
Supported by a network of leading medical laboratories, United Team HR conducts comprehensive medical check-ups for its clients.
Find below Chart of different types of drugs and the approximate values for detection periods.
| Substance | Urine | Hair | Blood / Oral Fluid |
| Alcohol | 6–24 hours | up to 90 days | 12-24 hours |
| Amphetamines (Except Meth) |
1 to 3 days | up to 90 days | 12 hours |
| Methamphetamine | 3 to 5 days | up to 90 days | 1–3 days |
| MDMA (Ecstasy) | 24 hrs | up to 90 days | 25 hours |
| Barbiturates (except phenobarbital) |
1 day | up to 90 days | 1 to 2 days |
| Phenobarbital | 2 to 3 weeks | upto to 90 days | 4 to 7 days |
| Benzodiazepines | Therapeutic use up to 7 days. Chronic use (over one year): 4 to 6 weeks |
up to 90 days | 6 to 48 hours |
| Cannabis | 3 to 7 days, up to >30 days after heavy use and/or in users with high body fat | up to 90 days | Up to 24 hours |
| Cocaine | 2 to 5 days with exceptions for certain kidney disorders | up to 90 days | 2 to 5 days |
| Codeine | 2 to 3 days | NA | NA |
| Cotinine (a break-down product of icotine) |
2 to 4 days | up to 90 days | 2 to 4 days |
| Morphine | 2 to 4 days | up to 90 days | 1 – 3 days |
| Heroin | 3 to 4 days | Up to 90 days | 1– 2 days |
| LSD | 24 to 72 hours (however tests for LSD are very uncommon) | up to 3 days | 0 to 3 hours |
| Methadone | 3 days | up to 97 days | 24 hours |
| PCP | 3 to 7 days for single use; up to 30 days in chronic users | up to 90 days | 1 to 3 days |
