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Drug use\/exposure is an important risk factor for child abuse\/neglect. The goal of this study was to evaluate the value of hair toxicology testing to identify child abuse or neglect. Medical records of pediatric patients \u226414\u00a0years admitted between January 1, 2019 and February 29, 2024 were reviewed. Demographics, burn injury information, suspicion of child abuse\/neglect on admission, routine urine drug screening tests, hair toxicology results, and reporting to the State Health and Human Services (HHS) were collected. Descriptive statistics were obtained. Univariate analyses were performed to assess the utility of hair toxicology with P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.05 considered significant. Two hundred ninety-eight patients were included; child abuse was suspected in 31.5%; hair toxicology was performed for 75.2% of patients and was positive for 35.7%. Hair toxicology was more likely to be performed when child abuse was suspected on admission (81.9% vs 72.1%, P\u2009=\u2009.044), and to be positive (40.4% vs 20.6%, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). Suspicion on admission was associated with higher HHS involvement (95.7% vs 24%, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). Health and Human Services was more likely to be involved when hair toxicology was performed (54% vs 24.3%, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.004) and positive (96.3% vs 28.4%, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). Hair toxicology screening for pediatric patients with burn injuries is still a valuable tool to help clinicians report suspected abuse\/neglect not otherwise detected on admission using other tools.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jbcr\/irag071","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,7]],"date-time":"2026-05-07T11:45:39Z","timestamp":1778154339000},"page":"1239-1244","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Utility of Hair Toxicology in Detecting Child Abuse or Neglect in the Burn Unit: A Quality Improvement Project"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"47","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-7409-8075","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shady","family":"Al Hayek","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Acute Care Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA 52242 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jack","family":"Bullis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Acute Care Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA 52242 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tessa A","family":"Davis-Walz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Acute Care Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA 52242 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5931-2143","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Colette","family":"Galet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Acute Care Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA 52242 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026070703571901500_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"98","DOI":"10.5249\/jivr.v3i2.91","article-title":"Children with burn injuries\u2014assessment of trauma, neglect, violence and abuse","volume":"3","author":"Toon","year":"2011","journal-title":"J Inj Violence Res"},{"key":"2026070703571901500_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"519","DOI":"10.1097\/SLA.0b013e31815b4480","article-title":"Patient and injury characteristics, mortality risk, and length of stay related to child abuse by burning: evidence from a national sample of 15,802 pediatric admissions","volume":"247","author":"Thombs","year":"2008","journal-title":"Ann Surg"},{"key":"2026070703571901500_ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jflm.2015.04.010","article-title":"Diagnostic yield of hair and urine toxicology testing in potential child abuse cases","volume":"33","author":"Stauffer","year":"2015","journal-title":"J Forensic Leg Med"},{"key":"2026070703571901500_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"941","DOI":"10.1002\/dta.3478","article-title":"Children victims of drug abuser parents: hair testing as a forensic tool to assess exposure-a cohort of 37 cases from Spain","volume":"15","author":"Garcia-Caballero","year":"2023","journal-title":"Drug Test Anal"},{"key":"2026070703571901500_ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"587","DOI":"10.1097\/BCR.0b013e3181abfd30","article-title":"The efficacy of hair and urine toxicology screening on the detection of child abuse by burning","volume":"30","author":"Hayek","year":"2009","journal-title":"J Burn Care Res"},{"key":"2026070703571901500_ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"281","DOI":"10.1016\/S0379-0738(99)00171-1","article-title":"Clinical applications of hair testing for drugs of abuse\u2014the Canadian experience","volume":"107","author":"Klein","year":"2000","journal-title":"Forensic Sci Int"},{"key":"2026070703571901500_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"318","DOI":"10.1177\/014107680509800709","article-title":"Hair analysis for drugs in child abuse","volume":"98","author":"Boroda","year":"2005","journal-title":"J R Soc Med"},{"key":"2026070703571901500_ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/wfs2.1196","article-title":"Hair analysis in forensic toxicology. 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