The Benefits of Onsite Testing
Sending employees off-site for drug and alcohol screening drains productivity, disrupts operations, and stacks hidden costs. Onsite testing brings certified collectors directly to your workplace—faster, simpler, and with minimal downtime—so your team stays focused on the work that drives your business forward.
Why It Matters:
Eliminates travel time and off-site wait periods
Reduces operational disruption and lost labor hours
Enables rapid response for post-accident and reasonable-suspicion testing
Supports random testing programs without scheduling chaos
Lowers the per-employee cost of staying compliant
Keeps safety-sensitive operations running
Key Facts:
Testing 10 employees onsite takes about 2 hours, versus roughly 15 hours offsite, saving approximately 13 labor hours per round
U.S. employers lose more than $81 billion annually to workplace substance abuse, driven largely by lost productivity
General-workforce post-accident drug positivity rose 26% from 2017 to 2021 (7.7% → 9.7%)
Employees who abuse substances average 165 hours of absenteeism per year, versus 47 hours for those who don't
Workers who abuse substances use significantly more medical benefits—$1,377 per year compared with $163