Trained & Certified SDI Health Technicians

At SDI Health, our technicians conduct alcohol testing using a RBT IV Alco-Sensor IV device. Each technician is trained and certified based on U.S. DOT
(United States Department of Transportation) standards.

Express (pre-screen)

• Tests can be conducted at our testing facility or we can come to your workplace
• Immediate release of negative test results
• Non-negative results are sent to our lab to confirm the levels of the substance detected in the body

Lab Based

• We collect your specimen and send it straight to our lab
• No results will be given at time of collecting
• Allows us to determine the level of multiple drugs using a single sample
• Confirms non-negative screening results
• Negative results should be released in 24 hours, positive samples may take up to 72 hours

SDI Audio Mobile Testing

Our SDI Audio mobile units comes to you, saving you time and the expense of off-site testing.   We test employees one at a time to ensure the confidentiality of test results.

Baseline & Follow-up Testing

Baseline test is to be completed within the first 6 months of employment, another test must be completed within a year and then conducted every two years unless there is a change in hearing results.

Compliance with Legislative Requirements

The SDI Group also provides complete hearing conservation programs to ensure compliance with legislative requirements designed to protect employees from noise induced hearing loss. We also offer individual testing scheduled at each employee’s convenience.

Communication Molds

These molds allow you to hear conversations and other sounds around you while working or attending social events, as well as blocking excessively loud and harmful noises

Ear Defenders

These molds protect your ears against harmful noises from construction and industrial equipment and other occupational hazards.

Swim Molds

Made of soft, 100% inflatable silicone for comfortable wear, these molds are designed for underwater.

Musician Molds

Designed for musicians and sound crews, to protect from hearing loss, by providing flat noise attenuation for accurate hearing.

Qualitative Fit-Test

This test involves the use of a pass or fail screening to decide if an employee’s hearing protection is working effectively. It relies on the person’s ability to detect a specific sound through hearing protection.

Quantitative Fit-Test

This test involves the use of specialized equipment to measure the actual amount of sound that is getting through a person’s hearing protection. It provides an accurate and objective measurement of the effectiveness of the hearing protection.  

Spirometry Tests

Used to diagnose asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other conditions that affect breathing.

Monitor Current Conditions

A Spirometry test may also be used periodically to check whether a treatment for a chronic lung condition is helping you breathe better.

Regular Assessments

Having a regular assessments of your lungs can help find any early health problems that may be taking place.

Quantitative Fit Test

Most common type of test and covers most of the regularly used workplace masks such as N95,
half-face and full-face respirators.

PortaCount Respirator Fit Tester 8040

SDI uses the best quantitative respirator fit tester on the market. It features intelligent touchscreen solutions that support respiratory protection programs from training through compliance..

Benefits of a Functional Fitness Evaluation (FFE)

Workplace injuries can have both a costly and sociological efforts on the employer and the employee. The FFE is designed to reduce the risk of being injured at the workplace to ensure the candidate is physically able to perform the duties of the position they are performing. Research shows that FFEs can reduce employee injuries.

Uses of a Functional Fitness Evaluation

Pre-employment: Dramatically reduces the chance of injury by ensuring the candidate is able to perform the tasks of a job they need to perform.
Post-injury return to work: Ensuring employees are ready to return to work to through an assessment to ensure there is not a risk of further injury.
Transfer Positions: Ensuring employees are physically ready to take on new job tasks to avoid injury.

SDI Group FFE Partners

The functional fitness evaluation is based on a Physical Demands Analysis (PDA) that meets the job tasks occupational requirements. A PDA is job specific for the job tasks being performed and is used by one of our certified professionals such as: a kinesiologist, ergonomist, occupational therapist, or physiotherapist.