Has mandatory error correction reduced the number of collector errors in forensic drug and alcohol screening
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Authors
Dollinger, Marnie
Issue Date
2004
Type
Thesis
Language
en
Keywords
Forensic sciences
Alternative Title
Abstract
On August 2001 the USDOT mandated training of personnel conducting drug screen
collections on DOT workers in the areas of proper collection procedures, qualification
training, and error-correction retraining for collectors committing an error that
resulted in a cancelled test. This study demonstrated that collection error rates,
already low, were reduced after mandatory training. It was also shown that collectors
were less likely to repeat an error after undergoing mandatory error-correction
retraining. Alcohol testing was shown to have fewer errors before the rule changes,
but the same rate of errors after the rule changes when compared to drug screening.
This study demonstrated that mandatory training and error-correction retraining of
drug screen collectors, although not as extensive as the alcohol training program, is
an effective step in reducing errors and increasing the integrity of the drug collection
process.