An appropriate specialist pathway when documented poisoning warrants treatment.
The clinical question
Agent, setting and monitoring are condition-specific; low-level detection or provoked results do not establish need.
What to discuss next
Ask about the specific indication, intended scope, responsible clinician or laboratory, and the availability of the pathway. The team must confirm arrangements before care or testing can be planned.
These linked method descriptions explain their specimen, analytical scope and limits. The status of a method and the availability of a service are separate considerations.
human-elements / Exposure evaluation
Human-specimen elemental exposure testing
Partner pathway
Targeted testing in the correct human specimen with clinically appropriate reference information.
Question
Which exposure-specific human measurement is appropriate for the history?
Specimen
Element-specific blood or unprovoked urine
Preparation
Use a contamination-controlled collection system and the selected laboratory’s instructions; no chelator challenge.
Platform
Qualified human-specimen method or partner laboratory; no owned ICP-MS is claimed
Analytical scope
Exposure-specific elements, selected by the clinician
Interpretation limits
Industrial XRF or environmental results are not interchangeable with a clinical human-specimen assay. Detection alone does not establish poisoning.