by Denise Purdie Andrews | Apr 18, 2024 | Drug Classes
By Kevin Shanks, M.S., D-ABFT-FT To quantify or not? That is the question. If you regularly read forensic toxicology reports, then you know laboratory tests can be qualitative or quantitative. Qualitative tests only provide a positive/present or negative result. ...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Apr 15, 2024 | Announcements
Axis Forensic Toxicology is proud to announce the retirement of Dr. George S. Behonick, Ph.D., F-ABFT, effective July 4, 2024. After four decades of laboratory and toxicology work including 15 years of dedicated service and exceptional leadership of Axis Forensic...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Mar 15, 2024 | Announcements
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...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Jan 18, 2024 | Announcements
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 Denise Purdie Andrews | Jan 11, 2024 | General
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...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Dec 22, 2023 | Announcements
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 Denise Purdie Andrews | Dec 7, 2023 | Drug Classes, General
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 Denise Purdie Andrews | Nov 17, 2023 | Drug Classes, General
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 Denise Purdie Andrews | Oct 24, 2023 | Drug Classes
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...
