Glossary of Terms

Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workforce

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Glossary of Terms

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Batch Reporting

Benzodiazepines

Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)

Certified Laboratory

Chain-of-Custody

Chemical Dependency

Collection Site

Confirmatory Test

Cutoff Level (Threshold)

Detection Limit

Employee Assistance Program

GC-MS (Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy)

Habituation (Psychological Dependence)

Illegal Drugs (See Schedule I and Schedule II Drugs)

Mass Spectrometry

Medical Review Officer

Methamphetamine

On-Site Screening

Passive Inhalation

Pharmacodynamics

Pharmacokinetics

Phencyclidine (PCP)

Physical Dependence

Pre-Employment Testing

Psychoactive Drugs

Psychological Dependence (See Habituation)

Qualitative Analysis

Quality Assurance (QA)

Quality Control (QC)

Quantitative Analysis

Reasonable Suspicion Testing (Also For-Cause Testing)

Safety-Sensitive Positions

Schedule I Drugs

Schedule II Drugs

Screen (See Initial Test)

Sensitive Position

Specific Gravity