Lab Medicine Rounds

Time Stamps00:00 Podcast Intro00:40 Why is it important for a laboratory to detect or quantify opioids?02:00 What are the challenges you have had to navigate in the laboratory specific to opioids?04:47 Is it like a pregnancy test or is it important to quantify as well?05:19 Can you help us understand how you collaborate with other health care professionals? 07:07 In terms of new or illicit street drugs, are you having to constantly design new tests to detect these things?07:53 Can you elaborate a little about that collaboration with law enforcement?09:07 Are you also periodically going to testify in court on cases?09:35 What do you think the future of opioid testing looks like?12:25 Outro