Workplace Drug Testing - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853696942 ISBN 13: 9780853696940

Verlag: Pharmaceutical Press, 2011

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This comprehensive text provides clear explanations of the effects of drugs on human performance and the need for workplace drug testing. Case studies of successful programmes are included as well as how different countries test for drugs. It provides essential information on: the regulatory and legal frameworks around the world; how to set policies and coverage of all aspects of drug analysis; and the associated interpretation of results. Written by internationally acknowledged experts this informative book is essential reading for anyone interested in workplace drug testing or setting up such a system including clinical and forensic toxicologists, occupational health physicians, nurses, human resources, drug counselling and treatment providers, analytical chemists and lawyers.

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This comprehensive text provides clear explanations of the effects of drugs on human performance and the need for workplace drug testing. It provides essential information on the regulatory and legal frameworks around the world, how to set policies and coverage of all aspects of drug analysis and the associated interpretation of results.Contents include: epidemiology of drug use in the working population the evidence base and guidelines for workplace drug testing legal, regulatory aspects and policies for drugs and alcohol urine and alternative sample collection process analytical techniques and specimen adulteration.Case studies of successful programmes are also included to illustrate the principles discussed.Written by internationally acknowledged experts this informative book will be essential reading for anyone interested in workplace drug testing or setting up such a system including clinical and forensic toxicologists, occupational health physicians, nurses, human resources, drug counselling and treatment providers, analytical chemists and lawyers.Alain Verstraete is Professor at the Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium and Department Head of the Toxicology Laboratory of the Laboratory of Clinical Biology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

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• Verlag: Pharmaceutical Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0853696942
• ISBN 13: 9780853696940
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464
• Herausgeber: Verstraete Alain
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