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Standard Drug Screening Fails to Identify Some Children Who Have Been Exposed to Substances in Unsafe Home Environments

According to research presented today at ADLM 2025 (formerly the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo), standard drug screening misses low concentrations of targeted substances in around 5% of urine samples taken from patients under age 18, suggesting that children with drugs in their systems are sometimes released from healthcare settings into unsafe home environments. The study highlights an adjustment that clinical labs can make to improve the accuracy of results and to help ensure that substance-exposed children and their families get appropriate support.

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