Drugs of Abuse Testing
Ordering the Right Test at the Right Time, and What Does It Mean?
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Our speaker for this program, Dr. Loralie Langman, will discuss the prevalence of illicit drug use in the United States and describe testing for commonly encountered drugs. She will also review drug detection limits, confirmation cutoffs, drug metabolism, and interpretation of screening and confirmation drug testing.
Dr. Loralie J. Langman is a consultant in the Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology and Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology in the College of Medicine. Dr. Langman is also the Director of the Toxicology and Drug Monitoring Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
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- Learn more about Loralie J. Langman, PhD DABCC (CC, MD, TC), DABFT
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