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DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY. THE OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONER’S ROLE. Acknowledgement: Dr Peter Boogaard, Chief Toxicologist, Shell Health Services, SIPC, The Hague, Netherlands: Medical Review Officer Course. DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY. Why test? Judgement errors HSE consequences
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DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY THE OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONER’S ROLE Acknowledgement: Dr Peter Boogaard, Chief Toxicologist, Shell Health Services, SIPC, The Hague, Netherlands: Medical Review Officer Course
DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY Why test? • Judgement errors • HSE consequences • Financial & reputational consequences • OHS requirement
DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY Who to test? • HSE-sensitive positions • Heavy Plant Operators (vehicles, machinery etc) • Maintenance staff • Security staff • Chauffeurs • Company representatives • Senior management
DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY When to test? • Periodic medical surveillance examinations • Post-illness • Random • Pre-employment/placement • For-cause
DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY- OMP ROLE • Receive test results from lab. • Notify employee of confirmed pos. test result • Review & interpret each confirmed pos. test result • Provide opportunity for employee to discuss pos. test result Cont …….
DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY- OMP ROLE (2) • Review employee’s medical history as appropriate • Review medical records as appropriate • Verify laboratory results • Notify employer of verified positive result Cont …….
DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY- OMP ROLE (3) • Process employee request for re-test • Make decision-to-hire or return-to-duty recommendation • Ensure decision-to-hire or return-to-duty requirements are accomplished Cont ……
DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY- OMP ROLE: SUMMARY • All eleven steps! • Nothing else! • Provide a MEDICAL service – NOTHING ELSE!
DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY But Doc, he’s my best (driller/driver/ digger/etc)! AVOID THIS TRAP AT ALL COSTS!
DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY- POLICY DECISIONS • Are taken in the boardroom, not the medical centre! • Fall within overall A & D policy • Concern: • When to test • Whom to test • Outcome of positive test results • Disciplinary and other decisions • Confidentiality measures • Must have no comeback on the OMP
DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY- the last word? If you can’t do it properly, don’t do it at all!
DRUG TESTING IN INDUSTRY OTHER: • Laboratory accreditation • Screening vs confirmatory tests OVER TO PATHCARE!