[MCOH-EH] [External] Random Drug Test

[Warner Hudson]

We only did random testing at UCLA as one part of individualized ongoing requirements for continuing to work for the medical staff doctors who got in trouble with drugs or alcohol  Warner 

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> On May 16, 2022, at 6:25 AM, Swift, Melanie D., M.D., M.P.H. via MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net> wrote:
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> Some hospitals do random UDS in anesthesia, but I don’t think it’s common. Some pharmacy departments used to require random testing of pharmacy staff for a specific specialty pharmacy certification. Not sure if that’s still in place.
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> Melanie
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> There was a time when anesthesia residencies did random opiate testing (back in the 1990s – okay, I’m dating myself) as a function of the training program agreements.  Is that still in place?
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> Charlie,
> Yes, at 2 hospitals I work at.
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> Tom Winters
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> Another drug test question. 
> Do any of your organizations do random drug tests on your specialized groups of employees such as pharmacy or anesthesia?
> Thanks
> Charlie
> Charles D Hackett, MD, MPH
> Medical Director, Employee and Occupational Health, Lifespan
> Chief Community and Family Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital
> Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Brown University
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