Nov 10, 2016 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
The Ontario Human Rights Commission has released a revised version of their drug and alcohol testing policy, this revision provides employers updated information concerning the legality of implementing or maintaining drug and alcohol testing programs. As the policy...
Nov 4, 2016 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Overdose Increase There has been increasing media coverage on the dangers of fentanyl use Canada wide with various incidents over the past fews months of accidental fentanyl overdoses. In many of the overdose instances fentanyl was found cut into various recreational...
Oct 28, 2016 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Types of Collectors To do collections in Canada one should be a Certified Specimen Collector. This means that the collector will be aware and well versed in all aspects of collecting, processing, and interpreting results from urine, oral fluid and hair specimens....
Oct 12, 2016 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Work Better Safer 2016 DATAC’s Executive Director, Tim Salter, spoke recently at Wellpoint’s educational conference, Work Better Safer 2016, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Wellpoint conference hosted many esteemed speakers in the industry including Donna Bowyer from...
Sep 29, 2016 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In Canada there is currently no government department which oversees the Drug and Alcohol Testing industry, but in the United States this falls under the purview of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s, Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy & Compliance. This means...
Sep 22, 2016 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Canada’s pilots adherence to the “8 hours from bottle to throttle” rule has come under some question recently as two Canadian pilots were pulled from duty in Scotland on suspicions of being intoxicated. This situation has brought some attention to the protocols...
