[MCOH-EH] Stopping Pre Employment Urine Drug Screens

[Thanassi, Wendy]

At VA we only do them for certain positions, not for all new hires. I do notice that the drug tests are more often positive on random testing than pre-employment.


Wendy Thanassi MA, MD, MRO
BC: Emergency Medicine
Chief, Occupational Health Service
Palo Alto VA Health Care System
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650-380-1131 cell

Clinical Professor, Affiliate
General Medicine and Population Health
Stanford Medical Center and Hospitals
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We do not do them at many Harvard teaching hospitals, except for anesthesiologists and pharmacists.

  Tom Winters
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Hello,



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.



  *   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



Thanks,



Megan





Megan LeClair-Netzel, DNP, RN, AGCNS-BC

Employee Health Services

UW Health

(608) 263-7535

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