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Confirmation and screening for drugs of abuse
All forensic toxicology laboratories are not created equal. Whether you need to screen and confirm known compounds, identify unknowns or advance forensic research, we offer a solution to meet your current and future needs.
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Forensic analysis solutions to rapidly screen, quantify and confirm drugs associated with criminal investigation and workplace drug screening.
What is the level of alcohol in biological fluid? A fair question, both from a forensic and law enforcement stand point.
Laboratory solutions to identify trace elements associated with criminal and non-criminal investigations.
Forensic toxicology webinars
LC-MS Webinar Series
Expand your application knowledge
Our LC-MS on-demand webinar series expands your application knowledge for pharma, biopharma, environmental, omics, food, forensics and clinical research and more. Learn how the latest high-performance mass spectrometry solutions can enable your laboratory to solve your most pressing analytical challenges, regardless of sample type.
Automated Dried Spot Analysis
Fully automate dried spot sampling and analysis using an integrated sample prep and UHPLC platform with the Thermo Scientific Transcend DSX-1 system. The platform utilizes innovative Thermo Scientific TurboFlow online SPE technology, allowing users to save on time, labor and sampling costs. When coupled to LC-MS/MS, users can solve productivity challenges in everyday screening and quantitation analyses, while increasing uptime, reproducibility, and accuracy.
Targeted screening and quantitation with a Tox Explorer triple quadrupole LC-MS workflow
Whiteboard video highlighting the benefits of the Tox Explorer all-in-one toxicology solution and advantages of triple quadrupole mass spectrometry for drug screening and quantitation.
Forensic toxicology literature
Explore the tabs below to learn more about the capabilities of Thermo Scientific LC-MS technologies for your forensic toxicology research.
High resolution accurate mass LC-MS literature
Thermo Scientific Orbitrap mass analyzer technology helps toxicology laboratories perform quantitation and screening in a single LC-MS run. In addition, its high resolution, accurate mass capabilities enable accurate identification of drugs of abuse compounds in complex matrices.
Technical notes
Poster
White paper
NEW! Orbitrap Exploris Mass Spectrometers
Now a portfolio of three instruments designed to meet the needs of everyday research and routine testing plus next-level insights for exploration and targeted quantitation. With system performance and operational consistency, and market-leading resolution, our next-generation, advanced high-resolution accurate-mass quadrupole-orbitrap mass spectrometers deliver on ease of use without sacrificing maximum performance.
Triple quadrupole LC-MS literature
The Thermo Scientific portfolio of triple quadrupole mass spectrometers enables toxicology laboratories to choose a system based on desired sensitivity and available budget, while providing maximum throughput and robustness.
Technical notes
Application note
VeriSpray PaperSpray Ion Source Literature
The Thermo Scientific Verispray PaperSpray ion sources system offers simpler methods that provide higher throughput and faster analysis for the screening and quantitation of drugs of abuse. This system requires little to no sample preparation and provides direct analysis of the sample, ideal for toxicology laboratories with large caseloads.
Technical notes
Posters
New! VeriSpray PaperSpray ion source is a faster path to MS analysis
Get the ideal alternative to the complexity of chromatography-based solutions with the Thermo Scientific VeriSpray PaperSpray ion source, the no-LC alternative for MS analysis.
High resolution accurate mass LC-MS literature
Thermo Scientific Orbitrap mass analyzer technology helps toxicology laboratories perform quantitation and screening in a single LC-MS run. In addition, its high resolution, accurate mass capabilities enable accurate identification of drugs of abuse compounds in complex matrices.
Technical notes
Poster
White paper
NEW! Orbitrap Exploris Mass Spectrometers
Now a portfolio of three instruments designed to meet the needs of everyday research and routine testing plus next-level insights for exploration and targeted quantitation. With system performance and operational consistency, and market-leading resolution, our next-generation, advanced high-resolution accurate-mass quadrupole-orbitrap mass spectrometers deliver on ease of use without sacrificing maximum performance.
Triple quadrupole LC-MS literature
The Thermo Scientific portfolio of triple quadrupole mass spectrometers enables toxicology laboratories to choose a system based on desired sensitivity and available budget, while providing maximum throughput and robustness.
Technical notes
Application note
VeriSpray PaperSpray Ion Source Literature
The Thermo Scientific Verispray PaperSpray ion sources system offers simpler methods that provide higher throughput and faster analysis for the screening and quantitation of drugs of abuse. This system requires little to no sample preparation and provides direct analysis of the sample, ideal for toxicology laboratories with large caseloads.
Technical notes
Posters
New! VeriSpray PaperSpray ion source is a faster path to MS analysis
Get the ideal alternative to the complexity of chromatography-based solutions with the Thermo Scientific VeriSpray PaperSpray ion source, the no-LC alternative for MS analysis.
Forensic toxicology eBooks
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