[MCOH-EH] oral fluid drug testing

[Natalie Hartenbaum]

And when you move outside of federal testing, you mush be careful of state laws. Some states are silent on  what and how you can test and others are very specific, some limiting to those in safety sensitive positions and for some the medical marijuana laws (not many but some) may limit what can be done with a marijuana positive in an approved medical marijuana user.

Natalie P.  Hartenbaum, MD, MPH, FACOEM
President and Chief Medical Officer
OccuMedix
PO Box 197
Dresher, PA 19025
215-646-2205
occumedix at comcast.net



> On Apr 28, 2016, at 8:02 PM, Swift, Melanie <melanie.swift at Vanderbilt.Edu> wrote:
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> I totally agree with the sage advice from the Dr. Upfal!
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> Melanie Swift, MD
> Director, Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic
> http://occupationalhealth.vanderbilt.edu <http://occupationalhealth.vanderbilt.edu/>
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> From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net <mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net>] On Behalf Of Upfal, Mark
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:39 PM
> To: 'MCOH/EH'
> Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] oral fluid drug testing
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> Nor DMC.  Keep in mind that hair tests for something very different than urine.  Urine screens out those who are so careless that they cannot manage to keep drugs out of their bladder at the time of pre-placement.  Those folks are very bad candidates for employment.  On the other hand, hair can tell you about drug use within the prior 3 months - it all depends on how aggressive you wish to be about occasional recreational drug use.  Keep in mind that there is controversy about the extent to which a positive hair test for marijuana is tied to adverse employment outcomes. 
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> Mark Upfal, MD, MPH
> Corp Medical Director, DMC Occupational Health Services
> 4201 Saint Antoine, UHC 4G-3
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> From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net <mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net>] On Behalf Of Hudson, T. Warner
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:35 PM
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> Not at UCLA
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> T. Warner Hudson, MD FACOEM, FAAFP
> Medical Director, Occupational and Employee Health
> UCLA Health System and Campus
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> From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net <mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net>] On Behalf Of Leibu, Rachel
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 10:02 AM
> To: 'MCOH/EH'
> Subject: [MCOH-EH] oral fluid drug testing
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> Is anyone using oral fluid drug testing or hair testing for post offer physical drug screening?
>  
> Rachel Leibu, MD, MBA, MS
> Medical Director Occupational Medicine Service
> Atlantic Health System
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