The forensic toxicology service
perform assays for:
· Coroners
· Pathologists
· Hospital Laboratories
· Police Forces
· Armed Forces
· Trading Standards
· Solicitors
· Private and public companies
· Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
· Grant-funded research studies
· Members of the public
Core Functions Include:
· Forensic toxicological screening
· Assay development
· Assay validation
· Tablet and powder identification
· Teaching analytical techniques
· Toxicology research
· Drug effects in man
· Expert opinions on:
· Drug actions
· Drug toxicity
· Drug interactions
· Legal cases involving drugs
· Drug pharmacokinetics
· Analytical proficiency testing
ASI is the home of expert forensic toxicologists specialising in the measurement of drugs and endogenous compounds in both clinical and post mortem samples using a wide variety of immunoassay, chromatographic (GCMS and LCMSMS) and spectroscopic assays
Bioanalytics and Forensic Toxicology
