forensic toxicology

what kind of measurements would we be doing for forensic toxicology

performance testing (ex for a DWI, like breath/urine/blood tests), workplace drug testing (urine, hair, nail, blood), postmortem drug analysis (blood urine, vitresous humor, hair, stomach contents etc) RESULTS HAVE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES (looking for reasons and doing detective work)

the application of chemical analytical procedures to isolate/extract, identify, and quantitate drugs/chemicals in biological samples

forensic toxicology

3 disciples of forensic toxicology

post mortem (after death), human performance (alive), drug testing (in general)

what are some of the requirements of forensic toxicology

requires patient consent and a chain of custody

what does a chain of command mean for forensic toxicology

keep track of who handles the specimen to ensure it doesnt get tampered with

what kinds of blood tests are we gonna run for forensic toxicology

whole blood or converted to whole blood (BAC)

why is whole blood more common in forensic toxicology

because theyre preserved better, usually have to send out samples to a central agency to get tested with proper chain of custody

whats the difference between forensic and medical toxicology

chain of custody and legal aspect