Supervising a testing program?
I run a testing program. It looks to me like coming up positive in the 100 range could be incidental usage? If so there is there any other advice I can give my testers other than “don’t use cough medicine or mouthwash”? Answer: A couple thoughts for you: 1. It’s a good idea if you are going to use EtG monitoring be sure there is a clause in their monitoring agreement stating that they agree to: “no alcohol of any kind including alcohol in foods, hygiene products, or OTC meds containing alcohol (eg vanilla extract, mouthwash containing alcohol, nyquil, cough syrups, etc), no communion wine, no topical gels or medications containing alcohol on skin or mucous membranes, etc.. I agree to avoid all alcohol containing products and understand that use of any of these products cannot be used as a defense to a positive urine drug test and will be considered a violation of this agreement.” 2. We have studied use of products such as alcohol containing mouthwash on small numbers of subjects and ha
