[MCOH-EH] Stopping Pre Employment Urine Drug Screens

[Charles Hackett]

We stopped doing uds recently
This decision was made by HR and leadership partly to streamline
onboarding.
As you pointed out we have continued with the pharmacy staff.
We stopped thc testing 1-2 years ago because a high percentage of our new
residents were testing positive.
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

On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 10:31 AM LeClair-Netzel, Megan E <
MLeClair-Netzel at uwhealth.org> wrote:

> Hello,
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> Our C-suite has told Employee Health we need to investigate stopping urine
> drug screens for new hires as a cost savings measure and only UDS those for
> who it is required by law or certification.
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>    - Have any others gone through this or stopped pre-employment UDS?
>    - What certifying bodies for a hospital organization require UDS?
>       - For example, we found out specialty pharmacy need UDS for URAC
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> Thanks,
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> Megan
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> Megan LeClair-Netzel, DNP, RN, AGCNS-BC
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> Employee Health Services
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> UW Health
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> (608) 263-7535
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