Thank you so much for your thoughtful reply!

 

One issue we ran into is accreditation programs requiring a pre-employment UDS. For example, URAC requires one for specialty pharmacy accreditation.

 

How to we find out what other accrediting bodies may require a pre-employment UDS?

 

Thanks,

 

Megan

 

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Good for them! You’ll find a lot on the internet touting a high ROI for pre employment UDS. By an amazing coincidence, this information mostly comes from vendors who sell the service. And they all seem to make sense - unless you know enough about drug testing to realize:

Again just my opinion, and I really think that pre employment drug screening is a very expensive and labor intensive exercise in optics rather than a meaningful program for deterring drug use and treating addiction.

Melanie

 

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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.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Megan

 

 

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

Employee Health Services

UW Health

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