Keep your mouth shut.

[HTM Yaris]

F**k That . It is your obligation to ensure the safety of the patient . Your supervisor should be fired for not investigating . You should be ashamed of backing down .

I'm the supervisor in the OR where I work . I won't call you to my office . I will go to the lab and get a sterile specimen cup and then go straight to the suspected person and ask them to fill the cup with their urine if drugs are suspected . If you are suspected of drinking on the job I will escort you to the lab to get blood drawn . If they refuse or delay .......They will be fired immediately .

On the other hand , if a person comes to me and admits that they have a problem (without someone else telling me first), I will do everything to help that person . Yes , I will suspend that person without pay , but when they have completed rehab and counseling they can return to their job .

I have fired a couple of people for drugs/alcohol , one of them WAS a MD (Caught them stealing drugs ). Do I feel bad b/c someone decided to waste their career b/c they got high/drunk on the job ? NOT ONE BIT !!!!!! I take solace in the fact that I saved many people from potentialy getting PERMANENT damage .

Remember why you got into the health care field ? Because you care and you want to help people .