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Article de Périodique
The role of physicians as medical review officers in workplace drug testing programs. In pursuit of the last nanogram (1990)
Auteur(s) :
CLARK, H. W.
Année
1990
Page(s) :
514–524
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
45
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods)
Thésaurus mots-clés
MEDECINE DU TRAVAIL
;
DEPISTAGE
;
MILIEU PROFESSIONNEL
;
ETHIQUE
;
RECOMMANDATION
;
URINE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Résumé :
In discussing the role of physicians in workplace drug testing programs, I focus on the recent Department of Transportation regulations that require drug testing in such regulated industries as interstate trucking, air transportation, mass transit, and the railroads. These regulations require that applicable drug testing programs employ physicians as medical review officers to evaluate positive tests that have been screened and confirmed by different techniques to determine if there is a legal medical explanation for the result. The drug testing program tests for the presence of amphetamine, cocaine, tetrahydrocannabinol, opiates, and phencyclidine. If an employee testing positive has an acceptable medical explanation, the result is to be reported as negative. Little practical advice exists for medical review officers, and they must be aware of key elements of the regulations and potential trouble spots.
Affiliation :
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco, USA