DOT MIS Modes and Categories

Posted on March 3, 2015 by DTNet Admin

Software applications for drug and alcohol testing data management must maintain exhaustive data audits of DOT (Department of Transportation) employee Modes and Categories when random selections are generated in order to address the requirements of DOT MIS reporting as per CFR-49 of the Federal Guidelines for random drug and alcohol testing.

DrugTestNetwork, the web-based software application, and RandomWare desktop software (http://RandomWare.com) both automatically generate a DOT MIS Report for every Mode/Category represented by all employees tested. The number of employees represented in each category is defined by the average number of employees included in each random selection conducted for the pool. To calculate those averages, each of the software applications review the audit trails for all the random selections conducted for the period requested for the report.

Below is the list of covered-employee categories for the DOT Modes of Transportation [FMCSA, FAA, PHMSA, FRA, USCG, and FTA] reported for random testing of drugs and alcohol (all other “reasons for testing” are covered in the DOT MIS Report as well):

FMCSA (one category):
- Driver
FAA (eight categories):
- Flight Crew-member
- Flight Attendant
- Flight Instructor
- Aircraft Dispatcher
- Aircraft Maintenance
- Ground Security Coordinator
- Aviation Screener
- Air Traffic Controller
PHMSA (one category):
- Operation/Maintenance/Emergency Response
FRA (five categories):
- Engine Service
- Train Service
- Dispatcher/Operation
- Signal Service
- Other: Includes
  - yardmasters
  - hostlers (non-engineer craft)
  - bridge tenders
  - switch tenders
  - other miscellaneous employees performing 49 CFR 228.5 (c) defined covered service.
USCG (one category):
- Crew-member
FTA (five categories):
- Revenue Vehicle Operation
- RevenueVehicle and EquipmentMaintenance
- Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatch
- CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle
- Armed Security Personnel

Importing Personnel Data for Random Selection for Drug and Alcohol Testing

Posted on February 28, 2015 by DTNet Admin

DrugTestNetwork’s online application software for drug and alcohol testing data management and random selection has easy to use import features to manage the upkeep of employer personnel rosters.

One of the biggest challenges faced by TPAs is keeping employee rosters up-to-date for the random selection of personnel for drug and alcohol testing. Importing data is an easy task with resources that read Excel spreadsheets saved as “tab delimited” text files.

Employers often have the capability to review their active personnel/employee lists in an Excel spreadsheet. From there it’s easy to modify the spreadsheet to import the data into the Employer’s account. The system has the capability to import far more than simply an employee’s first name, last name and employee ID whether it is a Social Security Number or other proprietary employment ID, however, this article will limit the discussion to a subset of the possible fields for import. Continue reading →

Random Selection Audit for Drug & Alcohol Testing

Posted on February 27, 2015 by DTNet Admin

When you generate a random selection for drug and alcohol testing, the online software application, DrugTestNetwork, a cloud based SaaS system, maintains a thorough and complete audit trail.

The original list of employees eligible for random drug and alcohol testing from which the randomization was conducted is saved as a permanent record. If John Doe was in the list at the time the random selection was conducted, his name will appear in the audit trail record. If John Doe is removed from the personnel roster for the company in which he was employed, his name is forever maintained in the audit record.

A safety sensitive employee who must comply with Federal DOT guidelines must have passed a pre-employment drug test prior to his or her employment and must be eligible for random drug and alcohol testing from that point forward. Therefore, one of the most frequently asked questions regarding random selection for drug and alcohol testing is whether an employee was in the list at the time a particular randomization was generated regardless if the employee is currently in the client’s pool of personnel eligible for selection.

The random selection audit answers the questions:
Users can query a list of random selections for a client by date as shown below. To review the list of personnel eligible for the selection, the user simply clicks the icon to review the entire list that participated in the random selection generated for a specific randomization request.

In the application the user clicks the personnel icon (seen on the right) to review the list of employees eligible for each random selection in the report.

The Random Selection Listing for a specific account for a specified period of time: random selection audit trail

Quick Result Tools

Posted on September 6, 2012 by DTNet Admin

DrugTestNetwork’s Data Management Software provides resources to generate random selections for drug and alcohol testing from individual client “pools” or across multiple personnel rosters from any number of separate client accounts managed as a “consortium.”When you generate a random selection the program automatically creates a drug and alcohol test result record for each person selected with the status of “Not-Collected.” These “uncollected” tests are used to determine if a company is in compliance with their drug free workplace policy or their federally mandated requirements.If you are manually resolving test result records, you’ll find a “Quick Result” option that let’s you automatically set test results for the block of data generated as a result of the random selection.

Click the icon to access the “Quick Results” manager.

DrugTestNetwork.com is an Internet based (SaaS: Sofware as a Service) software application for drug and alcohol testing; resources for TPAs, MROs, Labs, Employers or School Administrators to manage drug testing data for their drug free workplace, DOT compliance or drug free schools.

Random Selection for Drug & Alcohol Tests: Options

Posted on June 30, 2012 by DTNet Admin

DrugTestNetwork’s online, cloud based software application for drug and alcohol data management includes comprehensive random selection generators to pick employees for random drug testing to meet employers’ drug free workplace policies and to comply with DOT Federal guidelines.

You’ll find 3 ways to generate a random selection for both a drug and an alcohol test when you’re generating a draw for both in a single request. Continue reading →

Random Selection: Drug & Alcohol

Posted on June 30, 2012 by DTNet Admin

Drug & Alcohol Random Selection Stats When you open the drug and alcohol random selection control, the software presents the annual target percentages set for the account calculates the current year to date collection stats by percentage and number of tests collected for both drug and alcohol tests.

Annual Target Percentages for both the substance test and the alcohol test are provided so you can easily adjust your percentages to stay on track as required. The percentages are automatically adjusted based on the average size of the personnel roster and the number of previous randoms generated year to date.