715104450-Complusory Drug Testing Quality Assurance

The provision of Quality Assurance support to the Armed Forces Compulsory Drug Testing (CDT) programme.

responsibilities include:

• a.conduct ‘blind performance testing’ of the Authority’s urinalysis contractor’s laboratory by providing and inserting quality assured control samples, to replicate the collection of a sample from an individual;
• b.perform on-site inspections of the urine analysis department of the Authority’s urinalysis contractor;
• c.conduct an audit trail of samples pre-selected by the Authority;
• d.be prepared to attend any review which may arise as a result of their work, and give independent advice and evidence as required by the Authority;
• e.notify the Authority of any additional and relevant legislation or guidelines to the programme as they occur;
• f.review and validate any experimental work, research or study conducted by the Authority’s urinalysis contractor or by other third parties;
• g.provide advice to the Authority on the technical and managerial merits of laboratories invited to tender for the re-let of the Authority’s urinalysis contract;
• h.submit an annual written report to the Authority, to include a laboratory inspection report and the scientific conduct of the programme during the previous calendar year.