In the spirit of continuous improvement, we’d like to make you aware of a change that you will see on final toxicology reports beginning April 15th, 2024. Currently, when the qualitative result of “PRESENT” appears on a final toxicology report, it appears in black...
Dear Valued Client, In the spirit of continuous improvement and to provide the most relevant testing possible, we’re announcing a host of changes to our panels beginning on January 22nd, 2024. The changes are briefly outlined below: Additionally as a reminder,...
By Kevin G. Shanks, M.S., D-ABFT-FT Axis Forensic Toxicology prides itself in its ability and willingness to provide continuing education and training for our forensic toxicology clients. One of these educational avenues is the Axis forensic medicine fellow training...
Dear Valued Client, Beginning with orders submitted January 22nd, 2024, 4-ANPP will be part of Axis’ 70510: Comprehensive Panel w/ Analyte Assurance™ as a screened and automatically reflexed analyte. What this means in terms of practical application for...
By Kevin Shanks, D-ABFT-FT In October, I traveled to the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT) annual meeting in Denver, CO and was able to present information about the newly emerged substituted cathinone, alpha-PiHP, and its detection in postmortem toxicology...
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...
By Kevin Shanks, M.S., D-ABFT-FT As mentioned in previous blog posts, novel psychoactive substances (NPS) come in different varieties and the Novel Emerging Compounds (NEC) Panel offered by Axis Forensic Toxicology helps to detect the most newly emerged NPS on the...
By Denise Purdie Andrews This October, Axis’ expert toxicologists can be found speaking in multiple venues, helping to educate our clients and share expertise with other forensic scientists. At the upcoming National Association of Medical Examiner (NAME) 2023...
By Stuart A. K. Kurtz, M.S., D-ABFT-FT Forensic science has always been the field I wanted to work in. I made my parents buy me a book at the Scholastic Book Fair in 3rd grade on forensic science. From there, I started looking at what areas interested me the most. I...
