Hospitals usually do not build their own toxicology laboratory, so when the hospital encountered a number of suspected intentional or accidental ingestion of drugs, pesticides and other poisoned patients, doctors used to routinely give patients gastric lavage to alleviate the symptoms of intoxication, but if the patient accidentally ingested pesticide dose is small, toxicity is large, then gastric lavage can not play a large role in the treatment. Now, the hospital can commission a professional testing organization such as the Poison Center, the patient's hair, blood or urine samples for testing, through the test to confirm that the patient accidentally eaten the types of poisons and the content of the guidance of the doctor to the right medicine, so that the patient to get a more accurate and effective treatment. At the same time, patients will be followed up periodically to adjust the treatment plan according to the amount of poisonous substances left in the body, so as to achieve the goal of eradicating the disease.
For drug users, the type and content of drugs can be detected in their blood or urine within a short period of time, but hair can be detected half a year ago, providing sufficient evidence to combat drug use.
Tests have strict standards
According to the drug testing center staff Ge Liang, poison, drug testing has strict testing standards and steps, any link can not be mistakes, because the test results are related to human life and the degree of illegal treatment, "because our test results may end up in the court of law, so we need to strictly follow the requirements for testing."
Ge Liang also simulated the entire testing process for the reporter, from the collection of samples, pre-processing, on the machine operation to the results of the analysis.
According to its also introduced, due to the variety of poisons, drugs, involving poisonous drugs, pesticides, rat poison, metal poisons, drugs, etc., in the samples before the test, the commissioning party had better be able to provide a general direction of the test, so as to be able to be more efficient in the use of the corresponding detection machine and method, 1-2 hours can be issued within the test results. Of course, if there is no target, it is also possible to carry out a wide range of screening, only that it takes a little longer.
Timely testing saves lives
The work of the drug testing center also has an important mission, which is "to speak for the living and the dead".
In early September, the drug testing center received a sample from the Dongguan East Central Hospital, 18-year-old female patients. The patient was found unconscious at home by her family, and no drug bottles or other items were found around the coma site. Without knowing the cause of the coma, doctors were unable to accurately treat the patient, who had already been admitted to the ICU ward and was still in a coma and in critical condition.
After receiving the patient's sample, the drug testing center immediately tested the sample. The test results showed that the patient was in a coma because he had taken a large amount of sleeping pills. After learning the results of the test, doctors immediately launched targeted treatment for the patient, and ultimately saved a young life.