Explain The Basic Features Of A Good Drug Testing Program

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Describe from one of these three perspectives the basic features of a good drug testing program: What would make it (1) legally defensible, (2) acceptable to employees, or (3) effective for producing desired results?

I have been in the healthcare industry for over 15 years and I have also worked as an occupational health nurse for 10 of those years. As the nurse in a manufacturing facility, I have performed several urine drug screens/oral drug screens for the new hire employee as well as quarterly random drug screens and suspicion drug screens for the Human Resource Manager. I can see that many feel that drug screens are intrusive and are an invasion of one’s privacy; however, as a safety perspective, I can also see that many employees