About Navigent3

Navigent3 works with corporations to help develop, implement, and monitor effective drug free workplace programs.  

" Workplaces provide  the best opportunity to address primary substance abuse prevention in adult employees, and through them, reach their families and the communities in which they work and live."

- SAMHSA, CSAT  

Our proven approach leverages three core elements:   

1.) Advanced on-site oral fluid testing technology.

2.) Consultative implementation, education, and support services.

3.) Internet information information management and reporting systems.

Oral fluid drug testing delivers the accuracy of blood without the pain, however, not all oral fluid drug testing technology is the same. 

The founders of Navigent3 were on the team that developed the world's first on-site, disposable, rapid screen for drugs of abuse in the workplace.  We exclusively use technology developed and manufactured in the United States, and caution against using low cost import products.  Many of the low cost imports may represent little more than urine test strips packaged within oral fluid devices.  Oral fluid has been scientifically validated as a superior technology for the detection of recent drug use.

•  The most accurate on-site and laboratory oral fluid / saliva drug testing available   
•   Save money
•   Achieve a drug free workforce 
•   Make testing easier
•   Detect widely misused prescription pain relievers

The Comprehensive, Effective, & Accurate Drug Free Workplace Solution

Studies demonstrate that an effective drug free workplace program must include the random testing of employees, via observed specimen collection.   Substance abuse professionals have long understood that random testing is the most effective method for implementing the two requisite factors for managing drug abuse: deterrence & detection.

The main reasons why corporations have not implemented random drug testing, and mitigated the severe impacts of  workplace substance misuse are relatively straight forward:

1. A lack of awareness of the size and nature of the problem on the part of senior executives.  Since the costs associated with drug abuse are spread across a number of different lines on the P&L such as Workers Compensation premiums, absenteeism, turnover, health care utilization, inventory shrinkage, and work place accidents, most companies have not identified the underlying cause of the profit leak.

2. A reluctance to implement random testing since it conflicts with their traditional approach of outsourcing pre-employment screening, which is improperly viewed as less invasive.  Additionally, observed specimen collection using urine as a sample matrix is unacceptable in most workplace environments.

When combined with education and employee assistance programs, oral fluid technology random drug testing has consistently proven effective,  non-invasive, and a true benefit to employers and employees alike.     

When focus is shifted to the business and safety issues associated with workplace substance misuse, the value of deterrence and detection becomes immediately apparent to all involved.We look forward to working with you to develop, implement, and monitor a cost-effective drug free workplace.

America's Problem - Substance Misuse in the Workplace

Corporate America currently loses in excess of $150 billion per year due to drug abuse in the workplace.  Approximately 10% of all employees frequently abuse drugs creating an average annual cost burden of $10,000 per abuser.    Thus, for every 1,000 employees, a corporation loses over $1,000,000 to drug abuse.

Corporations have historically attempted to manage the “drug problem” by outsourcing pre-employment screening to TPA's (Third Party Administrators) or drug testing laboratories.  Allowing these service providers to provide off-site traditional urine-based pre-employment drug testing, was assumed to be “best practice” and it also conveniently minimized the involvement of company personnel.  However,  the fact that drug abuse in the American workplace is as bad, if not worse than ever, is sufficient evidence of the need for better programs.  It is estimated that 50% of reportable workplace accidents are linked to substance misuse.