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Are employees that are subject to follow-up testing also included in the
random testing pool and tested whenever their name comes up for
random testing?
If an employee has a disability that results in insufficient volume, does
the MRO report the test as negative if a medical examination shows no
evidence of drug use?
BLIND PERFORMANCE TESTING
♦ Transit agencies, employers, and C/TPAs that have over 2,000 covered
employees are required to perform blind sample proficiency testing as a
quality assurance measure for the testing laboratory.
Does the agency, TPA have over 2,000 safety-sensitive employees?
If the above is true, does the agency have procedures in place to conduct
blind performance testing? For each laboratory that analyzes 100 or
more specimens per year, employers are required to submit quality
control specimens to the laboratory at a rate of 1 percent for every 100
employee specimens sent for testing, up to a maximum of 100 blind
samples per quarter.
Are the specimens provided in such a way that the laboratory does not
know they are quality control specimens? Are the blind specimens
evenly spread throughout the year?
Are 75 percent of the blind specimens drug/metabolite free? Are 15
percent of the blind specimens spiked with a known drug or metabolite?
Are 10 percent of the blind specimens either substituted or adulterated?
TRAINING
TRAINING FOR SAFETY-SENSITIVE EMPLOYEES
Does the transit agency display and distribute additional information
regarding the prohibited drug use and alcohol misuse policy and
program? Does the transit agency also display and distribute
informational material about the effects of drugs and alcohol as well as a
community service hotline telephone number to help employees that may
be experiencing problems with prohibited drugs and alcohol?
Appendix J. Self-Assessment Checklist J-33 August 2002
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EQUIREMENTS
Blind Performance
Testing
Training for Safety-
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