Aspects related to drug and alcohol testing in the workplace
Keywords:
prevention and control, alcohol, ethyl drugs, working environmentAbstract
Control and prevention programs of drug and alcohol use in the working environment began to be established in the last decades as a way of enhancing safety and productivity in this place, reducing the widespread use of drugs in society and, consequently, improving life 's quali0'. However, it is necessary to do a previous discussion about ethical, moral and legal issues and elaborate strict procedures, from workers selection to proper methods of drug testing, excluding any wrong interpretation of test results.
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