By Stuart Kurtz, D-ABFT-FT, This past October, I travelled to the annual meeting for the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) with our CEO, Phil Roberts, in San José, CA. While there, we had the pleasure of meeting with several of you and discussing how to...
Kevin Shanks presented on Fluorofentanyl at the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT) annual meeting in Cleveland, OH. The title of the talk is below and the abstract is available upon request. Fluorofentanyl Detection by LC-QToFMS & Prevalence in Postmortem...
By Kevin Shanks, M.S., D-ABFT-FT We talk about false positives in forensic toxicology a lot. Could a specific drug cause a false positive for another drug on a toxicology test? The answer is a bit complex, but it is both yes and no. First, we need to talk about the...
By Kevin Shanks, D-ABFT-FT In toxicology testing, qualitative and quantitative testing are the norm, but every so often something prevents a result from being acquired. This “something” is called interference and will be displayed on the Axis Forensic Toxicology...
By Kevin Shanks, D-ABFT-FT Pharmacodynamics (PD) is the study of the effect of substances on the body. The word is derived from Greek – Pharmakon and dynamikos which means “force” or “power”. PD includes concepts such as receptor affinity, receptor activity, and...
