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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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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Yes, at 2 hospitals I work at.
Another drug test question.
Do any of your organizations do random drug tests on your specialized groups of employees such as pharmacy or anesthesia?
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