Laboratory of Clinical and Forensic Toxicology

Information about the examination: Mon-Fri 7.00-14.30

Contact: +420 26608 3431, +420 604 280 162
Email: toxikologicka.laborator@bulovka.cz

The Laboratory of Clinical and Forensic Toxicology organizationally falls under the Central Laboratories of the FNB, while working closely with Institute of Forensic Medicine of the 2nd Faculty of Medicine of the Charles University and FNB at the same time it cooperates very closely with Department of Clinical Pharmacy of FNB.

The toxicology laboratory is equipped with the latest analytical instruments such as. Liquid chromatograph with high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS, Q-TOF), gas chromatograph in conjunction with flame ionization detector (GC-FID) or with thermal conductivity detector (GC-TCD).

The Department of Forensic Toxicology performs testing of samples for the presence of more than 1300 toxicologically significant substances and their metabolites from the categories of drugs, narcotic and psychotropic substances, alcohols, volatile substances and other significant xenobiotics, mainly in biological material such as blood, urine, stomach contents, or saliva.

The laboratory also performs specialized toxicological examinations such as hair analysis for the detection of possible drug and pharmaceutical abuse, which is suitable for the detection of an unknown substance in a given matrix after prolonged exposure, when it is no longer possible to detect the toxic substance from biological material such as blood, urine or stomach contents. Another specialized analysis that the laboratory is able to perform on request is the analysis of snot in newborns of mothers with suspected drug addiction.

The blood levels of alcohol and selected narcotics and psychotropic substances are routinely determined in the

The collaboration betweenDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and the toxicology laboratory, a new, highly specialized laboratory, called. A new, new department of clinical toxicology and pharmacology, focusing on the determination of a wide range of plasma concentrations of drugs for the purpose of monitoring the so-called correct compliance in patients. The laboratory is scheduled to be operational in 2022.

Clients to whom we provide our services

clinical workplaces - for diagnostic purposes in inpatients and outpatients
forensic medicine - examination of biological material taken in connection with the autopsy performed on deceased persons
for law enforcement agencies - for the purpose of clarifying the cause of a crime committed in connection with the use of an addictive substance or other toxicologically significant substances
for private persons - when the use of alcohol or other narcotic and psychotropic substances and other poisons is suspected.
for legal persons or companies - examination of employees suspected of using alcohol or other narcotic and psychotropic substances

Level and status of accreditation

The Toxicology Laboratory of the Bulovka University Hospital is registered in the Register of Clinical Laboratories and meets the basic technical and personnel requirements for entry into this register and has received a Certificate of successful fulfilment of the conditions of Register 814 (RKL/0325/814). The Toxicology Laboratory has a quality system in place, is accredited and regularly audited by the independent organization NASKL ČLS JEP and successfully fulfils all requirements based on the requirements of the standard ČSN EN ISO 15189.

The laboratory regularly participates in interlaboratory comparative tests to demonstrate its competence, including three types of international external quality assessment, which result in the certification of the laboratory's competence in specialized toxicological examinations.