By Dr. William D. Brooks, American Association of Medical Review Officers (AAMRO), Founding Member, Past V.P., Trainer, Advisory Board Member GAC & Education Committee NDASA, OStG Today’s litigious marketplace requires all participants in a drug testing program to...
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What it takes to be a Qualified Trainer in the Drug and Alcohol Screening Industry
By Jan Kornmann, CEO of KorManagement Services LLC, BSM, NDASA Approved Trainer Good trainers aren't born every day! Becoming a qualified trainer means knowing your subject well and understanding the needs of your trainees. Training drug and alcohol testing collectors...
Do you need to be accredited?
At the end of 2020, the National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association introduced the NDASA Accreditation program for Collection Sites, Consortiums and Third-Party Administrators, Designated Employer Representatives and (coming soon) Substance Abuse Professionals....
Oral Fluid Testing: Soon, but not yet
Since the new 2020 U.S. Department of Transportation Custody and Control Form became available in September, one tiny addition has created a tremendous amount of confusion among employers, specimen collectors and others involved in DOT-mandated drug screening. The...
Are “new” substance abusers slipping by your drug test?
Thank you to NDASA member organization Psychemedics for sharing its January blog with our members. Psychemedics is a world leader in hair testing and a top innovator in the drug screening industry. For many, the turn of a new year is a time we resolve to reassess and...
NDASA’s digital facelift
Welcome to the new NDASA.com! You might have noticed our site suddenly looks VERY different! Over the last three-plus years, NDASA has evolved and grown significantly as an organization. This is in large part thanks to our committed and active member base. You have...
NDASA announces 2021 Conference keynote speaker
The National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association is proud to announce that Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., president and chief executive officer of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) will be the keynote speaker at NDASA’s annual Conference & Trade Show in...
The trouble with not knowing: When substance use becomes an addiction
By Nadine Wentzell, NDASA member and owner of Nadine Wentzell Consulting, Inc., a workplace drug, alcohol and cannabis consultancy in Halifax, Nova Scotia. My primary role as a workplace drug, alcohol and cannabis consultant is to educate. One of the key areas of this...
NDASA wins one for public safety
The National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association has had a major win today with language added to the MORE ACT that allows continued marijuana drug testing for DOT safety-sensitive workers! The MORE Act is an attempt to remove marijuana from the list of federally...
6 actions Collectors can take to help their clients
Thank you to NDASA board member George Gilpatrick, a senior auditor and team leader for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Drug & Alcohol Compliance Auditing Program, for providing this valuable information during a recent NDASA Member’s Memo podcast....