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Alcohol Testing Solutions

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that alcohol is the single largest cause of fatal crashes.1 Alcohol-related fatalities accounted for 40 percent of all highway fatalities in 2001.1
Alcohol and drug abuse costs the American economy an estimated $276 billion per year in lost productivity, health care expenditures, crime, motor vehicle crashes, and other conditions.2

LabCorp offers:

LabCorp offers instant saliva alcohol testing at many of its more than 1000 patient service centers (PSCs) nationwide. The test is performed on-site by trained professionals to obtain an immediate result and conforms to the Department of Transportation (DOT) model specifications for screening devices that measure alcohol in bodily fluids.3 In the event that a positive screen is obtained with the instant test, a DOT required breath alcohol confirmation can be performed at a LabCorp Solutions Collection Network location.
LabCorp can customize a saliva alcohol testing program to meet your post-accident, random, or pre-employment testing needs. In addition, LabCorp offers laboratory-based blood alcohol testing for nonfederally regulated programs. The same LabCorp PSC network that conducts saliva alcohol screening may also be used for blood alcohol testing.
References
  1. US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 1998, DOT HS 808 983 (Washington, DC: October 1999), table 13, and personal communication, Sept. 11, 2000. 2000 data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 2000 Traffic Safety Facts. Cited August 15, 2003. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/factshet.html.
  2. National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. Facts and Information Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Are America's Number One Health Problem. New York, NY: NCADD Cited August 15, 2003. www.ncadd.org/facts/ numberoneprob.html.
  3. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Highway Safety Programs. Conforming products list of screening devices to measure alcohol in bodily fluids. Fed Reg. May 4, 2001. 66:22639 22640.