Why Utilize a Medical Review Officer (MRO)?
Medical review can be characterized as “risk management”. The medical and legal issues surrounding drug testing are addressed when your company utilizes the medical review professional to be a part of your drug testing procedure. The Medical Review Officer serves as advocate to the donor and the company. Medical records and information require confidential handling and review; this is accomplished when such information is reviewed by need-to-know qualified personnel. We address these very real questions and many others on a regular basis. • Evaluate and rule in or out: poppy seed ingestion or foreign medication. • A lab report of creatinine and/or specific gravity ‘out of range’. • A lab report of ‘interference’ or ‘unable to test’ or ‘adulterated’. • Appropriate medical care or prescribed medications. • Render a professional interpretation of the biomedical factors involved with a positive result. • Validate the ‘forensic integrity’ of a drug test result. • Address adulterated urine s
