Badger Testing Services LLC

02/20/2025

Substance abuse can quietly affect productivity, morale, and safety at work. It's crucial for employers and employees to be aware of the signs and understand how to take action.
🔍 Signs to Watch For:
• Decline in performance: Missed deadlines, reduced quality of work, or erratic behavior.
• Absenteeism: Frequent lateness, unexplained absences, or leaving early.
• Physical symptoms: Bloodshot eyes, unsteady movements, or sudden weight changes.
• Mood swings: Unusual irritability, anxiety, or depression.
• Changes in behavior: Withdrawal, secretive behavior, or neglecting responsibilities.
💬 What Can You Do?
1. Stay supportive: Encourage open dialogue and create a safe, non-judgmental environment.
2. Offer help: Reach out to HR or EAP (Employee Assistance Programs) for support.
3. Take action: Understand company policies for addressing substance abuse issues and provide resources for recovery.
Let's look out for each other and create a healthier, more supportive workplace for everyone.

02/10/2025

Be on the lookout for sneaky messages that appear to come from the Department of Transportation (DOT) claiming you need to sign up for services, pay fees, or update your information. These messages might look official, but they're not! Scammers and drug testing companies are getting creative, trying to trick you into signing up for unnecessary services and paying for services that are free. If you get a text, email, or snail mail, saying you owe fees or need to sign up for something DOT-related, don't click any links or provide any personal info! A good way to detect if something is truly coming from the DOT is the email address does the email address end in .gov, or at the bottom of the snail mail message does it reads “not affiliated with the DOT.” If it does not reach out directly to the official DOT through their verified contact channels to confirm if the message is legit or simply contact us, we are happy to help determine if the message is legit or not. We are here to help even if you are not our customer. www.badgertesting.com

02/07/2025

Hello everyone, I know it’s been a stretch but welcome to another edition of Friday Funnies! I’m going to be honest with you, I don’t think I’ve ever had a job where I have been consistently lied to as much as I have drug testing. Its all day everyday in this industry and sometimes it makes you lose hope in humanity. I’ll give you some examples of the lies we hear when we have people cheating on drug tests: I can’t leave another sample because “I have to pick up my kids, my (insert relative/family members name) just got into a car accident, I just went to the bathroom I can’t possibly go again!” You name it we have probably heard it. It is rare that someone is honest and upfront with us. One day we were giving a drug test to a young lady and when she brought out the sample it was not within temperature range and the SAME stuff that you buy off the internet that we get every day. We go through our speech about how they will have to stay and give another sample or leave and deal with the consequences of potentially not getting the job they’ve applied for. She didn’t say much until we got out of the bathroom area and back at the front desk. She told us that she cheated and brought in the sample because she knew she would test positive for THC. I was dumbfounded! I barely knew what to say after her full confessional but managed to mutter thank you for telling us the truth and hoped she could somehow work it out with her employer. Frankly as an employer myself, if someone was that honest with me about their lifestyle choices, I’d be far more understanding and possibly willing to work with a person like her that had the integrity to tell the truth. It was the first and still the only full confessional we’ve ever gotten, but remember that the truth shall set you free my friends! Happy Friday!

02/04/2025

We're thrilled to announce that we'll be hosting a booth at ABC Wisconsin SuperCon! Come visit us at booth 38 February 11th- 13th. Connect with our team, discover the latest in drug testing, get exclusive insights and demos. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to learn, collaborate, and innovate! Join us at SuperCon, at Glacier Canyon Conference Center in Wisconsin Dells February 11-13, 2025!

02/03/2025

Ever wonder if a drug test is required after an accident? See the chart below to see if Post Accident testing is required. If a drug and alcohol test are required the alcohol test must occur within 8 hours, and the drug test must occur within 32 hours.

01/03/2025

We are hiring if you know of anyone please let me know. We are looking for about 27-30 hours with the potential for full time hours, this person would have to be able to work at both our locations, Madison and Janesville.

Badger Testing Services specializes in drug testing, DNA paternity testing, ancestry DNA, Consortium, DOT drug testing, and background screenings. Locations in Madison and Janesville, Wisconsin.

12/27/2024

How can it be Friday already, I almost missed our Friday Funnies. We do a lot of DNA testing at our clinics, and I lot of folks get what we do confused. For instance, we had a lady call and wanted a single strand of hair tested…. Well, I have TONS of questions, and she was annoyed that I was asking. First off, I need to know WAY more about what is going on. She stated that she thinks someone broke into her house and left a single strand of hair on her stove like a calling card that they were there. Well, my first thoughts are that could be anyone’s hair, mailman, handyman, dog, cat, or even hers. Even if we could test a single strand of hair what would we compare that DNA too?? She got super snotty and said aren’t their databases for that type of thing, like I was an idiot. Well yes there are but it’s called CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) and if you think we have the same “clearance” as the FBI you are sorely mistaken. She again got upset with me and said don’t you have access to that 23 and Me DNA. Again no, that is a private company, and we cannot get a warrant to access that info, we are not the cops. Unfortunately, not everything is as you see on TV and we are not CSI we are more of the “you are not the father type of DNA”, but if we were man, we would have way better Friday Funnies to tell you. Happy Friday!

12/26/2024

Huge congratulations to our marketing intern Michael, on officially graduating from UW Madison! We're so proud of your dedication and hard work while balancing your studies. Here's to exciting new opportunities ahead!

12/20/2024

Happy Friday and welcome to Friday Funnies! We do a good bit of business “on-site” which means we provide drug testing to companies after hours and we go to them instead of them coming to one of our clinics. I was called out to one of these companies one night for an on-site drug test. The company I was going to we get a pretty sweet area to do testing in, it’s a physical therapy/medical room with its own bathroom, a drug testers dream. I get through the breathalyzer portion of the testing with no issues, and I have the gentlemen empty his pockets and then wash his hands. As he is washing his hands, I’m in the bathroom getting things set up for him. When I come out of the bathroom, he says to me “this soap has a weird smell,” I don’t really think anything of it and I give him his cup and he goes into the bathroom. As I was standing there waiting for him, I too could smell something strange and was looking around the sink when I found the smell. He came out of the bathroom, and I took the bottle and said “is this what you used to wash your hands?” He said “yeh and it smells funny that’s what I was talking about.” I couldn’t believe it, he used Biofreeze to wash his hands. If you are not familiar Biofreeze is like old school Bengay, the ointment you use for sore muscles that is super tingly on the skin. I was like oh boy you just washed your hands with that and then touched your downstairs, oh noooooo!!! I started to explain to him what he had used and asked him if it was starting to hurt in his neither region. He said, “it doesn’t hurt but it is tingling.” I said, “you better go to the big bathroom next door and wash it off.” He kept fighting me saying he was fine, but I told him “he’s fine now, but give it 10 more minutes and he will be sprinting for the bathroom.” He finally took me seriously and went in to wash it off. He learned a valuable lesson that day and let this be a cautionary tale to all that read this, look before you wash!! Happy Friday!

12/19/2024

If you’ve ever enjoyed a poppy seed muffin, pastry, or salad, you might have heard the rumor that consuming poppy seeds could cause you to fail a drug test. This myth has persisted for years, often creating anxiety for individuals who enjoy this tiny, nutty seed. But how much truth is there to this claim? Can poppy seeds really cause a false positive for drugs like opiates? Learn more about this topic on Friday when we publish our Poppy Seed Blog. www.badgertesting.com

12/13/2024

We made it to Friday and welcome to another Friday Funnies! This one doesn’t happen often, but it does typically occur with the younger donors we come in contact with. Every so often we will have a donor come out of the restroom with cup in hand and we instantly know there was a grave error made either with the instructions we’ve given or just plain old lack of common sense with the donor. It’s the old blue urine sample! Not sure how this gets mixed up but with some donors they think the cup is for dipping back into the toilet to “scoop out” their sample. Well, there are several things wrong with this method, first off why the heck would we give you the cup in the first place if we were just going to have you scoop it out of the toilet, I feel like the would be an us job. Second problem with this methodology is our toilets have bluing in them to prevent you dipping your cup in the toilet to potentially dilute your sample. Third problem the temperature would be off and frankly VERY chilly. This one always baffles me, so many questions and not a lot of answers from the people that give them to us. My best advice is to keep the blue cups exclusively to Slurpee’s and slushies and not your drug tests!!

12/06/2024

Whole cow where has this day gone, we almost missed another Friday Funnies!! Welcome back or for you newbies welcome to where we tell a funny story that has happened at one of our clinics. This one starts out just like any other DOT test. He was a young man that seemed pretty excited to be getting a new job. I gave him the cup and he went into the bathroom to do his thing. He brough out the cup, set it down, and I immediately knew we had a problem as there was no color on the temperature strip. That means it’s either too hot or too cold, in this case it was cold, almost ice cold. I measured the sample out into 2 separate vials, per DOT protocol and there was a problem, I could hardly snap the caps on without them blowing back open. THIS IS SUPER STRANGE!! I took the remaining “urine” into the bathroom and gave it a look and a sniff. I was relieved and a bit entertained as I knew EXACTLY what I was dealing with and why the caps on the vials wouldn’t stay on. The young man had given me sparkling apple juice! The carbonation was keeping the caps from staying shut. Word to the wise if you are going to cheat with apple juice MAKE SURE IT’S NOT SPARKLING!! Cheers Happy Friday!