Random Drug Testing - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Friday, I was called into my Ops Leads office after having a long night and was told, "You have been selected for a "Random Drug Test".. I had this done before so I didn't have any worries, cause the only drugs I do is all my meds that I have to take
I went over to the hospital to have my drug test done. I was told to take everythig out of my pockets, when she saw the hose leading to my stomack, she wanted to see it and advised me to take it off. I had told the lady, this is a pump and I can't take it off as it provides insulin. She had told me to take if off or she will mark down and tell HR that I fail to comply with the drug test. So I took if off. I went into the next room waited till I could provide a sample. The door opened and heard voices, and door closed. I came out with my sample, my pump was gone. I asked the lady where the pump is, she said we had to send it up to the lab to have it also tested if there is any illegal drugs in it. I was upset.
I waited in the room for 4 hours, I got off work at 7:30am and was over in the clinic till about 12:30pm waiting and feeling sick. I wasn't allowed to leave the room to grab my bag that had my meter in it, other wise my drug test would be invalid according to the nurse that was there.
About 1pm - my pump came back, the insulin I had in the resovior was gone, and the lab lady said we dropped your gagit on the floor. The piston wouldn't even prime or go back to starting position.
At this point, I was ferious, no matter I was an employee for the hospital and was treated like royal crap I hadf enough. I had contact House Administration and Patient Advocacy and filed a complaint. After speaking to the House Admin and said what happened, she said we will get insulin for you... That took another 2 hours, cause they couldn't find Humulin R - U-500. So I told her just give me Regular Humulin and I'll do the correction myself till I get home.
After all this, the Admin, said you need to pay the co-pay on the insulin and supplies were given to you. It might have been out of anger and fusteration, but I had advised after today - that the hostpail will be speaking to my lawyers, I had advised them you had put my life in danger by taking my pump away, dropped the insulin pump, taken the insulin out, and tha I have been off the pump for more since 8am and it wasn't till about 3 something till I had gotten insulin to correct my high at 479.
I missed work Friday night (Night Shift) cause I had a raging migrain and feeling sick. MiniMed was getting a new pump to me on Saturday morning. I contacted my endro, cause my pump wouldn't work when I got home, so i got a temp one from the office for over night..
I can't believe I was treated this way, even from the place I work at. I felt like my civil rights were taken away from, even as an employee. Even though, I was still technically punched in for work when I was going though the drug test, I had filed an incient for injury / illness. My online form I filled this morning on line at work, reached my Ops Lead, and I recieved a call from him and asked me if I was serious.
I'm just fusterated and ferious and really don't know, if I should make a case of discriminiation and ask for a few peoples jobs cause of what happened. Someone, who works in the clinic should have some brains in their head and notice the words on the pump "Insulin Pump" or have seen one.
I went over to the hospital to have my drug test done. I was told to take everythig out of my pockets, when she saw the hose leading to my stomack, she wanted to see it and advised me to take it off. I had told the lady, this is a pump and I can't take it off as it provides insulin. She had told me to take if off or she will mark down and tell HR that I fail to comply with the drug test. So I took if off. I went into the next room waited till I could provide a sample. The door opened and heard voices, and door closed. I came out with my sample, my pump was gone. I asked the lady where the pump is, she said we had to send it up to the lab to have it also tested if there is any illegal drugs in it. I was upset.
I waited in the room for 4 hours, I got off work at 7:30am and was over in the clinic till about 12:30pm waiting and feeling sick. I wasn't allowed to leave the room to grab my bag that had my meter in it, other wise my drug test would be invalid according to the nurse that was there.
About 1pm - my pump came back, the insulin I had in the resovior was gone, and the lab lady said we dropped your gagit on the floor. The piston wouldn't even prime or go back to starting position.
At this point, I was ferious, no matter I was an employee for the hospital and was treated like royal crap I hadf enough. I had contact House Administration and Patient Advocacy and filed a complaint. After speaking to the House Admin and said what happened, she said we will get insulin for you... That took another 2 hours, cause they couldn't find Humulin R - U-500. So I told her just give me Regular Humulin and I'll do the correction myself till I get home.
After all this, the Admin, said you need to pay the co-pay on the insulin and supplies were given to you. It might have been out of anger and fusteration, but I had advised after today - that the hostpail will be speaking to my lawyers, I had advised them you had put my life in danger by taking my pump away, dropped the insulin pump, taken the insulin out, and tha I have been off the pump for more since 8am and it wasn't till about 3 something till I had gotten insulin to correct my high at 479.
I missed work Friday night (Night Shift) cause I had a raging migrain and feeling sick. MiniMed was getting a new pump to me on Saturday morning. I contacted my endro, cause my pump wouldn't work when I got home, so i got a temp one from the office for over night..
I can't believe I was treated this way, even from the place I work at. I felt like my civil rights were taken away from, even as an employee. Even though, I was still technically punched in for work when I was going though the drug test, I had filed an incient for injury / illness. My online form I filled this morning on line at work, reached my Ops Lead, and I recieved a call from him and asked me if I was serious.
I'm just fusterated and ferious and really don't know, if I should make a case of discriminiation and ask for a few peoples jobs cause of what happened. Someone, who works in the clinic should have some brains in their head and notice the words on the pump "Insulin Pump" or have seen one.
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Permalink Reply by Chadd on -
Update: Sorry that I haven't gotten written back. I was presented a check for $250,000 in damages and paper work that I will not go to the media. Unkles advised to take the money and to sign the paper work after they took it, read it for about 5 hours, (actually we went to eat) came back and they seem to be nervious as hell.
My demands were met of the firing of the people involved, they were indeed terminated, and a written statement in their perm file. The ones who were fired, had of what I understand had filed for unemployment. Which I understand will be denied, due to the nature of it.
Of what I understand, unkles are going after their license with the state for negliance, endangerment to patient in their care. Of what I understand, it will hurt them in finding a job in the health care field if that is an entry in their record.
My unkles who all three are diabetics, on the pump pretty much said, "Don't $*#* with diabetics, or you'll get scryinged to death."
I have never had though, my own work place would do this. The drug testing was null and voided, that was there terms also, also that I will not have to do a random drug test again.
At the end of the meeting - I had voiced my concerns to my unkles in quiet that I fear they will terminate me under any grounds they can find, due to I had cost the hospital lots of money. They unfortantly had a plan for that. I cannot be terminated, my job can't be lost, if under any circumstances - an outside review committe, will be brough in from the hospital and another agency of the choosing either by my unkles or I to review the findings. To make a judgement if it in deed a grounds of dismissal.
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Permalink Reply by Sarah K on -
Great, Chadd! I'm glad they settled it. I know you're probably still upset with them, and that may take some time to heal. But, hey, at least they didn't make this into a long, court-involved battle. (Which, I'm sure if they had, you would have carried it to the end!!) And I'm glad they had the clause for your employment. It's wonderful that your uncles are helping you like they are! You are very fortunate!
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Permalink Reply by Toni Crebbin on -
I am so glad you were able to come to a quick closure on this, and that those people won't be able to do this to someone else!
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Permalink Reply by Lois on -
Chadd:
I am SO HAPPY for you! Not that you followed my advice, but I am glad you had the clause about termination put in and and I am truly sorry that you can't roast their as*e* in public!!! Ahhhhh, vengeance is "mine, sayeth the Lord." They will get theirs in the end. I am soooooooooooo glad for your victory I could get up and dance! (This coming from someone who falls constantly and uses a walker indoors and a scooter outdoors!)
It really is too bad that this can't be publicized in some way in order to warn other facilities and diabetics to watch out for this type of situation. (I hope that this "discussion site" isn't considered being outside your agreement. Even though you didn't name them.....)
Good for you, again. Wanna have a giant pizza party for the site???????!!!!!!!!!!!
Lois La Rose
Milwaukee, WI
P.;S. Wanna adopt me!!!???????????
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Permalink Reply by I've got popcorn on -
Well, Lois.... Chadd told us, and if it's true what they say about what happens when you tell 10 people, and they tell 10 people, etc....then the ignorance with which Chadd was treated will be known and hopefully never repeated.
Good going Chadd for following through and making sure they understand the wrong they did to you. You're my Rosa Parks!
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Permalink Reply by MichelleStu on -
That is great. I hope this has been resolved to your liking. I'd be interested in knowing if they found this site and all the comments and support your received.
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Permalink Reply by Mike on -
I'd be pissed as hell.
Even if they are a hospital, they should still have some sort of customer service. Right?
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Permalink Reply by Mike Campana on -
Hi Chadd, any updates???
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Permalink Reply by josephine on -
Has the world gone mad ? I can't believe this has happened to you, maybe they should have tested that nurse to see what she was on. I think it's totally against your rights. If something like this had ever happened to me, I wouldn't stop until I made sure they could never do such a thing again. It is easy for us to say this to you because it is at your place of work and you are the one dealing with it, but that nurse and many others like her must know people who are D. How would they like it if it was one of their own family. Are there any citizen advice people you could go to ?
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Permalink Reply by Cynthia F. on -
I am also very interested on an update. How is it going Chadd?
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Permalink Reply by josephine on
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Just noticed you got it sorted, great stuff, it must never be allowed to happen again !
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