Impact of the Opioid/Fentanyl Epidemic on the Toxicology Laboratory’s Workload: The CMCVAMC Experience
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DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz117.013
Abstract: Opiates have long been used by both the population at large and the veteran population as a drug of abuse. However, recently, fentanyl—a synthetic opioid—has risen in prominence in this opioid drug abuse epidemic as… read more here.
Keywords: quarter; number; toxicology; toxicology laboratory ... See more keywords
Strategic Decision-Making by a Forensic Toxicology Laboratory in Response to an Emerging NPS: Detection, Quantitation, and Interpretation of Carfentanil in Death Investigations in Ontario, Canada, July 2017 to June 2018.
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DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkab079
Abstract: The proliferation of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) and the current opioid epidemic creates challenges for a toxicology laboratory. Methods capable of detecting and quantitating emerging compounds must be established despite limited information on toxicologically relevant… read more here.
Keywords: death investigations; carfentanil; toxicology; toxicology laboratory ... See more keywords