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.

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.

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