We do not perform post offer UDS only reasonable suspicion. Large teaching healthcare system.
Erika Sweet, RN, MSN, NP, COHN-S
Director of Employee Health Services
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Office Number: (424) 306-4060
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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
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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
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