[Marty Fox]

I responded directly to Kim before this thread came up but for the benefit of others:

Electra adopted oral fluid testing last year, and to date it has been both successful and well received by those in safety sensitive roles who have been tested using this method.

We use it for the first screening test for both random and post incident. In the event of a positive (non negative) result, they then go on to a urine sample.

Pre employment and reasonable cause both remain as a urine test, and we also use hair follicle for any on random testing as part of a rehab programme.

The benefits I see of oral vs urine is that it is less invasive, quicker, more indicative of recent use, and as it’s done in front of a tester less likely to be tampered with e.g. as in synthetic urine substitutes.

Still early days, but at this stage I’m happy with the transition to oral fluid.