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Employee Drug Testing: DOT's Laboratory Quality Assurance Program Not Fully Implemented - GAO Report
| Date: | Sept. 29, 1989 |
| Report No.: | GGD-89-80 |
| Pages: | 13 |
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Summary: Controlled substances Alcohol or drug abuse problems Drug testing Federal employees Health services administration Interagency relations Laboratories Monitoring Noncompliance Quality control Testing Drug Free Federal Workplace Program Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Transportation's (DOT) employee drug-testing program, focusing on its compliance with regulations requiring blind performance tests to assess laboratory accuracy. GAO found that: (1) regulations required agencies to implement blind performance tests by July 10, 1988, but DOT did not do so until July 18, 1989; (2) from July 1, 1988 through June 30, 1989, DOT collected about 16,000 employee urine samples, of which 99 were confirmed positive for illegal drugs; (3) DOT should have included 1,250 blind samples along with the real samples, but only submitted between 74 and 79 blind samples; and (4) DOT noncompliance demonstrated the need for continuing oversight and independent monitoring. |
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