BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

    PSYCHEMEDICS

    MDR report key: 597116 · Received April 19, 2005

    Report

    Report Number
    MW4003925
    Date Received
    April 19, 2005
    Report Date
    February 16, 2005
    Manufacturer
    PSYCHEMEDICS
    Product Code
    MVO
    Report Source
    Voluntary report
    Reporter Location
    MA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    PATIENT

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    RPTR TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE ON TWO SUBSEQUENT DRUG TESTS PERFORMED ON SAMPLES OF HAIR. ALL EMPLOYEES ARE ROUTINELY TESTED 90 DAYS BEFORE THEIR BIRTHDAY. THEY WERE GIVEN A SECOND TEST AND IT WAS ALSO POSITIVE. THEY HAD A DRUG TEST PERFORMED ON HAIR FROM A DIFFERENT COMPANY, QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, AND THE RESULTS WERE POSITIVE. THEY CLAIM THERE ARE MANY OTHER EMPLOYEES IN DEPT THAT ARE GETTING POSITIVE RESULTS FOR THE COCAINE ANALYSIS, AND REPORTS SOME HAVE BEEN FIRED AND ARE APPEALING THROUGH THE UNION, WHILE OTHERS HAVE SIGNED WAIVERS AND TAKEN SUSPENSIONS AND REHABILITATION TREATMENT TO KEEP THEIR JOBS. RPTR STATES DURING THE PERIOD OF FIRST POSITIVE TEST THEY WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A PERSON THAT ADMITTED COCAINE USE, AND THEY DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITIES OF PASSIVE EXPOSURE.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 PSYCHEMEDICS RIA COCAINE METABOLITE ASSAY MVO PSYCHEMEDICS * *

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 *