[MCOH-EH] Hospital Drug Diversion Programs

[Sumeet Batra]

Hello all,

Higher-ups at my hospital are considering randomized drug testing in high risk departments (anesthesia, pharmacy, ED, ICU) to deter drug diversion.  There is particular interest in using a larger panel to catch drugs commonly used in these departments, such as fentanyl.  I am not sure if there is evidence to justify the cost and time involved with testing these employees but I wanted to see what members of the group are doing.
I would especially like to know:

A)     If your program is doing random tests or only for-cause testing

B)      What panel you're using

C)       If you're doing testing in-house or at an outside facility (or a mix)

D)      Any results or evidence from the medical literature that you may have.


Thanks in advance,
Sumeet Batra, MD, MPH


Medical Director, Occupational Health Services
Cook Children's Health Care System
Phone: (682) 885-1129
Fax: (682) 885-6717

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mylist.net/archives/mcoh-eh/attachments/20160825/f3860765/attachment.html>