Workplace Drug/Alcohol
Prevention Services: Drug Audits
BDA has performed more than 120 program, collection, and laboratory audits since
1982 in the following areas. Its auditors are ANSII certified.
Compliance Audits
BDA will audit your program to ensure compliance with Federal and State regulations
including Department of Transportation (DOT- all modes), Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC), Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Department of
Education, and Drug Free Workplace Act programs.
BDA audits include any or all of the following program components, as applicable:
policy and procedures including sanctions and appeals, training, contractor
requirements, chemical testing programs including medical review and quality
assurance, drug testing laboratories, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP),
suitable inquiry (NRC), record keeping and protection of information, and inspections,
reporting and audit. BDA auditors are ANSI certified for audits of NRC Fitness
for Duty Programs. They have completed over sixty-five audits of regulated programs
since 1990.
Good Practice Audits
These audits review those areas which are outside of or not covered by regulations,
but which are important to the development and maintenance of a quality program.
They may be conducted in tandem with a compliance audit or separately. They
include, but are not limited to a review of policy scope and options, the content
of the training material, impact of employee assistance programs, and a review
of the formal in-service training programs established for staff involved in
the training of personnel, collection and analysis of urine and breath specimens.
Laboratory Audits
BDA toxicologists will audit on-site and DHHS-certified drug testing laboratories.
These audits cover all aspects of laboratory operation, qualifications of laboratory
staff, and laboratory procedures with emphasis on forensic toxicology standards.
Laboratories are audited against current Federal and Bensinger, DuPont and Associate
standards. BDA laboratory auditors are certified forensic toxicologist who understand
legal standards of evidence. Audit includes following a special specimen panel
through the laboratory process. NIDA-certified laboratories will be audited
under the provisions of 53 FR 11979 (Federal Guidelines), 49 CFR various (DOT),
or 10 CFR 26 (NRC).
Hair Drug Testing Laboratories
BDA audits cover all aspects of laboratory operation, qualifications of laboratory
staff, and laboratory procedures with emphasis on forensic toxicology standards.
Laboratories are audited against current Bensinger, DuPont and Associate standards
and include specimen accessioning, aliquot and digesting preparation, decontamination
of the specimen, as well as screening and confirmation testing.
Specimen Collection Audits
Audit includes but is not limited to a review of all procedures and instructions
relating to the collection of hair, urine, breath (and blood, as applicable)
specimens, which are collected as a part of the program. The auditor reviews
all steps of the collection process. For urine testing the audit would include
"compliance challenges" regarding the temperature and appearance of
specimens and administrative "fatal flaws" which cause collection
or laboratory rejection, and "commercial challenges" designed to determine
whether certain contractual agreements with collectors or the DHHS-certified
laboratory are being met regarding such areas as testing the specimen for pH,
specific gravity or creatinine.
Other BDA Audit Services
Employee Assistance Program
(EAP) Audits BDA Employee Assistance Program auditors evaluate program
goals, staff credentials, training and experience, program accessibility, program
awareness, penetration and utilization rates, case management including aftercare
management and relapse prevention, selection and evaluation of third-party providers,
program communication efforts, procedures, record keeping and confidentiality,
and, if applicable, interface with management and labor including reports and
return to work counseling. Audit includes extensive interviews with management,
labor, medical, employees, EAP staff, and third-party providers. A detailed analysis
of attendance, injury and illness data is an available option. For more information
on EAP Audit Services, please contact Marie Apke at marie.apke@bensingerdupont.com
or use the BDA Contact Form.