Substance (drugs/alcohol) abuse at workplace is a potential threat to the health and safety of the workforce because of its harmful effects. Substance abuse leads to disruption of work schedule, which is neither in the interests of the employees nor the employers. Employers should, therefore, enforce a drug free environment by undertaking drug testing program using single-panel or multi-panel drug kits. Though both the types of drug test kits are useful, multi-panel kits are more advantageous.

1. Benefits of Using Multi-Panel Over SinglePanel Drug Test Kits at Workplace

2. Substance (drugs/alcohol) abuse at workplace is a
potential threat to the health and safety of the
workforce because of its harmful effects. Substance
abuse leads to disruption of work schedule, which is
neither in the interests of the employees nor the
employers. Employers should, therefore, enforce a
drug free environment by undertaking drug testing
program using single-panel or multi-panel drug kits.
Though both the types of drug test kits are useful,
multi-panel kits are more advantageous.

3. We will discuss in this article the benefits of using multipanel drug test kits compared to single-panel ones.
Single-panel test kits:
Single-panel test kits enable testing for one drug using one
test sample. In the event of more than one drug is to be
tested, single-panel test kits need to be used individually
for each drug. In other words, you need to use singlepanel test as many times as many drugs you want to test.

4. Multi-panel drug test kits:
A multi-panel drug test kits can detect two or
multiple drugs in one round. These test kits are
available in 3-panel, 5-panel, 6-panel and 12-panel
forms. The number in each indicates the number of
drugs the kit can test for in a round. Thus, the
aforesaid kits can respectively detect a maximum
number of three, five and twelve drugs. In
addition, these kits can detect SAMHSA 5 drugs.

5. These include:
1. Amphetamines (amphetamines, methamphetamines,
speed) - not MDA/MDE/MDMA
2. Cannabinoids (marijuana, hash)
3. Cocaine
4. Opiates (codeine, heroin, morphine and opium)
5. Phencyclidine (PCP)
Multi-panel drug test kits preclude adulteration of test
sample as they have in-built features to detect
adulteration.

6. Advantages of multi-panel drug test kits
• Save time and are cost effective:
Multi-panel drug kits saves time because they enable test
administrators to conduct the test for multiple drugs in
one round using the same test sample. They need not
repeat for each drug as is the case with single-panel drugs.
Therefore, within a given period of time more number of
people can be administered the test using these kits. This
saves time as well as cost of administering testing.

7. • Convenient – both for administer and suspect:
The test kits do not lead to privacy issues for people
who are going to be administered and are
convenient for them as well. Multi-panel drug test
kits are convenient for administrators because they
need not physically handle the test sample. It is
simple to use these test kits. There is no need of
additional professionals while using these kits.

8. Workplace serves the purpose of livelihood for the
workforce. For employers, it is the platform where
products are made or/and sold. Therefore, to foster
a good workplace environment, enhancing its
productivity and good employee-employer relation
is important. Multi-panel drug test kits are helpful
for employers in this direction.

9. For more information, please visit:
Website: http://www.drugteststrips.com