September 8, 2008
Implementing Oral Saliva Drug Testing
Nowadays, you can actually use saliva drug tests to look for a wide variety of different drugs. This makes a huge difference For a lot of reasons. A saliva drug test is cheaper, easier to do, and much quicker. You don’t need a special laboratory, and anyone can collect a sample. For me however, there was even a more important reason for using it. With the saliva drug test, I didn’t feel like I was invading my employees privacy as much. The difference is subtle and psychological, but even so it is meaningful. Having to give up a swap of spit for an oral drug test just seems less invasive than having to pee into a cup.
When I first implemented oral drug testing, it did cause some problems.