DATIA LEADERSHIP Neil Fortner, Chairman Avee Laboratories
Phil Dubois, Chairman-Elect DrugScan, Inc.
Andrew Powell, Treasurer Nursing Corps, Inc.
Sherri Vogler, Secretary Houston Medical Testing Services
Jim Bentley Chromosomal Laboratories, Inc.
Daniel DiThomas i3screen
Melissa DiThomas LexisNexis
Brian Drew Nationwide Medical Review
Kirk Hardy The International Drug Detection Agency Ltd.
Barry Knott Lifeloc Technologies
Shannon Lalley FTS International
Patricio Labatut Global Partners Ltda.
Robert McCormick Quest Diagnostics
Jo McGuire Conspire!
Lisa Morrison-Bowles Compliance Resources Plus, LLC
Lisa Ruehle Interactive Medical Connections, Inc.
Scott Taillie Alere Toxicology
Elaine Taule NMS Management Services, Inc.
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8 Fit for Construction Duty By Wayne J. Creasap II, The Association of Union Constructors (TAUC)
features
20 Drug Abuse Prevention Program in Work Environments in Colombia By Beatriz Torres Cerón, ELAD S.A
32 DATIA Conference Highlights
34 The Dynamics of In-House Drug Testing By Stacy Stegeman, AAQ Drug Screening
44 Creating and Keeping Customers By John E. Duffy, Foremost Forensics Drug & Alcohol Testing, LLC
departments
4 Letter from the Chairman
6 Letter from the Executive Director
14 Best Practices 18 Business Sense
26 Washington Report 28 Spotlight On 30 Getting to Know
42 Focus on Alcohol Testing
50 Ask Alice 54 Name that Drug 58 DATIA in Motion 62 New Member List
contents summer 2013 • Vol. 6 Issue 3
index of advertisers 5
Alere Toxicology 800.340.4029 /
www.aleretoxicology.com
51 47 IFC 31 27 25
American Substance Abuse Professionals 888. 792.2727 /
www.go2asap.com
BB&T Insurance Services 800.356.9804 /
www.bbt.com
Clinical Reference Laboratory 800.452.5677 /
www.crlcorp.com
Compliance Information Systems 800.647.9070 /
www.everitest.net
Draeger Medical, Inc. 866.385.5900 /
www.draeger.us
Immunalysis Corporation 888.664.8378 /
www.immunalysis.com
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Lifeloc Technologies, Inc. 800.722.4872 /
www.lifeloc.com
OraSure Technologies 800.672.7873 /
www.orasure.com
55, BC Quest Diagnostics 877.241.0150 /
www.questdiagnostics.com
IBC 49 24 Randox
+44 (0) 28 9442 2413 /
www.randox.com SCITECK
800.905.4272 /
www.sciteck.org
United States Drug Testing Laboratories 847.375.0770 /
www.usdtl.com
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