Confronting the Challenges of Toxicology Testing

Drug testing is critical to patient care, whether it’s for compliance to prescribed medications, identification of drugs in the immediate overdose setting, or exposure to toxins that may cause long term deleterious effects, such as lead. But there’s an important resources to help pathologists address these challenges--the second edition of Clinical Toxicology Testing: A Guide for Laboratory Professionals (https://capatholo.gy/2IfWvlJ). This edition features expanded sections on testing in the clinical setting, methodologies, and more user-friendly information on specific analytes, as renowned pathologist and co-author Barbarajean Magnani, MD, PhD, FCAP, explains in this CAPcast interview.