Fast And Reliable Drug Testing At Family Urgent Care
Drug testing or screening is done to detect one or more prescription or illegal drugs in your saliva, urine, blood, hair, or sweat. The sole purpose is to look for drug abuse or misuse.
Employers from different industries or organizations rely on pre-employment and periodic drug testing or screening, especially alcohol screening, to ensure workplace safety, maintain productivity, and comply with legal rules and regulations. Some common industries that frequently require drug testing are:
- Sports organizations to maintain the integrity of sport.
- Transportation firms or industries like aviation, railway, or shipping
- Construction industries to reduce the risk of accidents or injuries
- Manufacturing industries that deal with heavy machinery
- Hospitals, clinics, or other healthcare facilities
Some Common Drugs Tested In The Body
You can contact an urgent care clinic for drug testing to check for a single drug or a group of drugs in your body. Some of the common drugs include:
- Amphetamines (methamphetamines)
- Alcohol
- Benzodiazepines (alprazolam, clonazepam)
- Barbiturates (phenobarbital)
- Cocaine & Marijuana
- Opioids (heroin, codeine, oxycodone, morphine)
- Steroids
What Does A Drug Test Detect?
A drug test is mostly done using urine samples, which is more reliable as it can detect the presence of the drug within several hours. However, it depends on how long the drug is present in your body, and this depends on various factors such as the type of drug, the dose you took, and how your body reacts to the drug.
Read More: How Does Drug Testing Work
When Is A Drug Test Needed?
A drug test might be done at various steps or for different purposes, depending on the organization. It is required during the following:
- Employers might screen you before hiring, or they might also test employees during the job to check for drug use within the company.
- Sports athletes often require sports doping tests to improve performance, such as steroids to help build muscle.
- In people with alcohol use disorder, alcohol screening is done to monitor the treatment in specific programs.
- Monitor misuse of prescription drugs, such as most people misuse opioids and use them for relaxation or numbness rather than pain relief.
- For toxicology screening to detect acute overdose in some cases.
Can A Drug Test Detect Addiction?
How Can Family Urgent Care Help In Drug Testing?
If your employer or any other workplace requires a drug test, you can visit the Family Urgent Care clinic, as we have a built-in lab testing facility with trained medical staff.
The healthcare professional will counsel you to provide a urine sample in a clean, tamper-evident container. Then the lab staff performs the test and the rapid test results are available within a couple of minutes.
Once the test results are obtained, our providers will explain the results and answer any questions or queries that you might have.
FAQ's
Yes. Most urgent care clinics, including ours, provide pre-employment drug testing. Employers often require urine or saliva tests to check for commonly screened substances before hiring. We make the process quick and confidential, and stress-free.
It depends on the type of test. Standard urine drug screens usually focus on substances like marijuana, opioids, amphetamines, and benzodiazepines, and may not include alcohol. However, alcohol can be detected if specifically requested by the employer or physician. Specialized tests, like blood, breath, or EtG urine tests, are designed to identify recent alcohol use.
