New to Monitoring, help!

[lipglossgirl]

So I am new to monitoring. After researching, I see that it's recommended to avoid a plethora of foods and products. What I really want to know is what is the actual likelihood that the use of these would curate a false positive? It is kind of insane to me to think that we as nurses can't use hand sanitizer because hand hygiene is so important. Wouldn't washing after every instance just make your hands raw, especially for years? What is your personal experience? Do you really avoid things like soy sauce? What about alcohol free mouthwash? Do you use perfume? If you don't use sanitizer, what do you use? Basically: has anything other than actually drinking, or a UTI, made you false positive? The list of products to avoid seems almost impossible. What can we use? Please respond! 

[hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I]

Healer555 said:

Thank you.  You have no reason to lie.  I know another person who had no alcohol but had a positive etg test. With all of the samples the labs get I think it's absolutely lab error.  

Did you ever take action against the BON?  I think there needs to be major reform.  From " diagnosis " to monitor.  Those of us without a SUD should not have to endure this.  Those with a SUD need more reasonable and rational monitoring. 

As for action against the BON It never got past the the think tank. We just couldn't generate enough interest.No lawyer would pick it up. Seems normal people don't have much sympathy for people with SUD. I would be willing to start over but I need to gather signatures to demonstrate interest. 

I am just super busy launching a new business .

 

[Healer555]

hppygr8ful said:

As for action against the BON It never got past the the think tank. We just couldn't generate enough interest.No lawyer would pick it up. Seems normal people don't have much sympathy for people with SUD. I would be willing to start over but I need to gather signatures to demonstrate interest. 

I am just super busy launching a new business .

 

Good luck with your business. Perhaps there would be more success if all Healthcare professionals all worked for reform.  In some states nurses do the same monitoring agreement that others do.