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Hair Drug Testing for Illegal Drug Use

Hair drug testing helps detect more illegal drug users, reduces illegal drug use among current employees and deters illegal drug users from applying with companies who use hair testing.

Hair testing provides up to a 90-day detection window for repetitive drug use patterns; urine testing may only detect drug use for the past 48-72 hours.

It includes five panel tests for the most commonly abused drugs plus testing for metabolites associated with these drugs.

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The actual cost is minimal compared to the cost of employing an illegal drug user. Illegal drug use by employees can impose high costs to an employer in the form of lower productivity, increased accident rates, higher turnover, theft and damage to equipment.

Beyond the direct financial impacts are the long-term risks of losing market share and reputation. Other benefits include:

  • Longer detection time (approximately three months) and higher positive rates than traditional urine or saliva
  • Hair drug testing technology identifies 5-10 times more illegal drug users than other traditional methods like urine or saliva
  • Samples cannot be easily substituted, adulterated, or diluted
  • Reduced accident rates, absenteeism, turnover, theft, and workplace violence
  • Improvements in workers' compensation claims and insurance costs
  • Deterrent for future drug use among existing employees
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Key Features

  • Nationwide hair testing collection network with trained collectors
  • FDA cleared testing labs used for analysis
  • Five panel tests conducted (including synthetic opiate detection)
  • Non-negative laboratory tested results reviewed by HireRight in-house Medical Review Officers
  • Sample collected under chain-of-custody procedures
  • Paper and eCOC (electronic chain-of-custody) paperless testing options available to provide a more efficient and automated testing solution

Other Types of Drug & Health Screening

24/7 Post-Accident & Reasonable Suspicion Testing

Follow FMCSA requirements to conduct drug and alcohol tests immediately following an accident.

Alcohol Testing

Select from a variety of alcohol testing options, with over 20,000 national collection sites for your candidate's convenience.

Drug Testing

Meet your drug-free workplace obligations with urine, saliva and hair drug testing, as well as review of results by HireRight's Medical Review Officers.

eCup & xCup Drug Testing

The collection cup and reader are the industry’s only electronic, urine drug testing methodology performed under a tamper-evident seal.

Electronic Chain-of-Custody eCOC

Speed up your testing process and eliminate the errors commonly associated with paper drug testing forms.

Full Coordination Services

Let HireRight manage the time-consuming, end-to-end drug and health screening process with your candidates and employees. 

Medical Questionnaire

Ask candidates legally about any known medical issues that may prevent or disqualify them from performing the requirements of the job.

Medical Review Officer (MRO) Services

HireRight’s in-house MROs’ review and evaluate laboratory results associated with your organization’s federal and workplace drug testing program.

Occupational Health Services

Select from a wide range of occupational health services to help maintain a healthy workforce and meet policy and contract obligations.

Point of Collection Testing (POCT)

Make informed candidate decisions with fast and accurate urine and saliva drug testing, either at your location or a HireRight national collection site.

Saliva Drug Testing

Quick, non-invasive drug testing option that's directly observed and is more accurate than urine drug testing for post-accident testing.

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