CSCC LECTURESHIP ON CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Practical Guidance for Labs Supporting Emergency Department Toxicology Testing

Speaker: Dr. Christine Snozek

 

Thursday April 9, 2026, 11:30-12:30 ET

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overview:

This lecture will address recently updated guidance for clinical laboratory support of emergency departments (EDs), including substances of misuse and general toxicology testing. EDs and the labs supporting them face challenges including the ongoing opioid epidemic, increasing prevalence of novel psychoactive substances, and constantly changing sources of toxic exposures. Practical approaches to implementing guideline recommendations and improving provider education will be discussed, along with future directions and needs for optimizing ED toxicology testing.

SPEAKER: dr. Christine snozek

Dr. Christine Snozek is Co-Director of Clinical Chemistry and Director of Point-of-Care Testing and Central Processing at Mayo Clinic Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry and a Fellow of the Academy of the Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine. Previously, Dr. Snozek was Associate Director of the Toxicology and Drug Monitoring Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She was chair of the recently published ADLM guidance document on substances of misuse testing, and senior author of the upcoming document on general toxicology testing in the emergency department. Photo used with permission of Mayo Foundation for Medical Education & Research, all rights reserved

learning objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Describe laboratory services recommended to support the emergency department and how they have evolved over time;
2. Identify gaps in knowledge related to toxicology testing and effective educational tools to fill those gaps; and
3. Outline approaches to evaluate and improve lab support for the ED at their own

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity as defined by the CSCC/CACB Professional Development Program.

An Outlook invitation with Zoom login details has been emailed to all CSCC members. For further information, contact: info@cscc-sccc.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Used with permission of Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, all rights reserved.

 

 

An Outlook invitation with Zoom login details has been emailed to all CSCC members.

 

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity as defined by the CSCC/CACB Professional Development Program.