Our facility does post offer pre-placement drug testing. Our HR does a 10 panel drug test when the incumbent comes in to sign accepting the position and do fingerprinting.
These are all sent to an outside lab. If there is a positive, the lab sends it to the MRO for review. Employee Health and 1 person in HR then receive notice to check the results or updates thru an account portal.
We do not do UDT. HR would not be able to do the drug testing if it was UDT.
Sincerely Your Employee Health Nurse.
Julie A. Eisenhauer BSN, RN, CCM
HR/Employee Health
Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation
PO Box 600
Tuba City, AZ. 86045
PH#: 928-283-1437; or Mitel ext. 41544
Email:
Julie.eisenhauer@tchealth.org
HR Email:
TCRHCCHR@Tchealth.org
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We do a rapid 5 panel drug test in the clinic and test for THC, opiates, cocaine, amphetamines and meth. Any + rapid is sent out for a confirmatory test to an outside lab and MRO. Results take up to 3-5 days for send outs.
95% of our rapid tests are negative and we can clear the new hire during the onboarding visit.
However, if the person is on a prescription medication and shows us the prescription bottle, and the rapid is +, we require a review with the RN. We do have quite a few people on ADHD meds with + amphetamine and a few on opiates short
term for dental, etc.
After review, the RN may clear them to start orientation before we receive the confirmatory results. If a new hire misses orientation, they need to wait another two weeks for the next one and we try to avoid that as much as possible
with the current labor shortage.
JoAnn Shea, APRN, MS, COHN-S
Director, Team Member Health and Wellness
Tampa General Hospital
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Cell: 813-789-3441
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Subject: [MCOH-EH] Drug Testing
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Our organization is looking at ways to improve the efficiency of onboarding new employees and is considering stopping pre placement urine drug testing.
Historically the UDT has been done by our own lab and has been rate limiting and of concern from a compliance process.
Do you do UDT at preplacement? If so, why?
If your organization does UDT at pre placement is it outsourced?
Is it an HR process or an employee health process?
Thank you
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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