Quality Assured
Insurance
ScreenSafe UK is fully insured for all parts of our business activities including Product Liability. This gives our customers 100% peace of mind that not only are our Collection Officers fully covered for all sample collections, but also that our products we use and sell are "fit for purpose". A summary of our insurance cover is as follows:
- Employers Liability
- Public Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Indemnity
A copy of all our certificates (insurances and quality), are available on request.
Our Procedures
Our procedures, based on the framework of the Substances Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) guidelines within the US and the European Guidelines for Legally Defensible Workplace Drug Testing, reflect the Company's commitment to providing analysis and support services to the highest possible quality standards. Our Collection service, Training and Education, Drugs Testing, Alcohol Testing and Consultancy Services are accredited to ISO 9001/2008 standards. We guarantee that the laboratory services we provide to our customers are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 standards via internationally recognized bodies such as UKAS and COFRAC; a standard that only a handful of laboratories Worldwide can claim to achieve. Our primary focus has always been on Quality not Quantity and, instead of just meeting minimum standards which are often left open to challenge, we have World leading authorities performing World leading analyses and guiding our team. Our results and/or procedures have never been successfully challenged, but our experts are experienced in successfully challenging the results and procedures of other UK providers and laboratories. NOT ALL TESTING IS THE SAME. If quality matters, it is only common sense to choose ScreenSafe UK.
ISO 9001 Quality Assured Company
ScreenSafe UK is ISO 9001/2008 Quality Assured. ISO 9000 is the internationally recognised standard for an organisation's internal Quality Management. The term 'quality' refers to all those features of a product or service that are required by the customer. An organisation's 'Quality Management' refers to an organisation's actions to ensure that its products or services satisfy its customers' quality requirements and complies with any regulations applicable to those products or services.
ScreenSafe UK guarantee that the laboratory services we provide to our customers are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 standards via internationally recognized bodies such as UKAS and COFRAC; a standard that only a handful of laboratories Worldwide can claim to achieve.
Link to The British Assessment Bureau Site
Link Up - Registered Supplier
Link-up is the UK rail industry supplier registration and qualification scheme. Originally established over a decade ago, Link-up has made a significant impact to the rail industry by providing a single common qualification process for suppliers that is shared by Network Rail and over 80 rail organisations including Infrastructure Management Contractors, Underground Infrastructure companies, Construction companies and all major Train and Freight Operators.
Proof - Qualified Via Audit
Proof is the UK rail industry audit scheme for suppliers of safety critical products and services that have achieved successful qualification through Link-up. Proof enables suppliers to go through a single audit process that has been designed and agreed by multiple rail organisations.
CHAS - Construction Health & Safety Assessment Scheme
Over the years local authority health and safety and procurement professionals, with the support of the Health and Safety Executive, have developed the Contractor Health and Safety assessment scheme (CHAS). The scheme is available for use by any public and private sector organizations to use when shortlisting contractors, suppliers and consultants (companies) who apply to work for them. It provides information about the health and safety part of their application.
SAFEcontractor - Approved
Clients have a legal obligation to ensure that external contractors and service providers working on their premises operate in a safe way. SAFEcontractor is an accreditation scheme that assesses the health & safety competency of contractors and service providers. Many major clients recognise this scheme and accept the SAFEcontractor certificate as confirmation of competency.
London Underground
ScreenSafe UK is accredited to perform LUL / TFL (London Underground / Transport for London) drugs and alcohol tests and to issue applicable D&A certificates, which enables all our customers to demonstrate compliance with the specifications and standards of London Underground / Transport for London drug and alcohol policy requirements.
The ScreenSafe UK CARES "Seal".
ScreenSafe UK is fully committed to improvement, in many ways, including Corporate and Social Responsibility. We are committed to providing true value for money and to aid the correct management of Public Funds. As such, we do not charge for "split invoicing" if requested at the time of quotation.
Our ScreenSafe UK CARES seal is a visual representation of what we believe in, for both customers and the wider public sphere.
Ethical Procurement, The Environment and Corporate Responsibility:
ScreenSafe UK CARES about the Environment.
ScreenSafe UK CARES about Ethical Procurement.
ScreenSafe UK CARES about Corporate Responsibility.
- We ensure we choose our supply partners who work to an ethos similar to our own - we do not source products from companies and/or countries with known or alleged unethical work practices, including both Human Rights and Environmental impact.
- We use less plastic in our testing devices - our urine test cups use almost half the plastic of other products in use in the UK.
- Our plastic testing devices are made from recyclable plastics where possible.
- We try to limit our impact on the environment in many ways. From lowering our carbon footprint through energy savings etc, to utilising digital "e" options for leaflets and brochures etc. We try to recycle old packaging where possible, and try to source all "new" packaging and paper products from recycled or sustainable sources.
- We encourage a positive impact through our activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities,
- We proactively promote the public interest by encouraging community growth and development, and voluntarily eliminating practices that harm the public sphere, regardless of legality.
- We try to honour a triple bottom line: People, Planet, Profit.
