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Toxicology Laboratory

The Toxicology Laboratory's mission is a chemical examination, identification, and quantification of a drug, poison, or substance in the blood, urine, bile, vitreous and human tissue and interpretation of results (available as an option). 

General screens and analytics are available for the following substances:

• Ethyl Alcohol

• Methyl Alcohol

• Isopropanol

• Ethylene Glycol

• Phencyclidine (PCP)

• Heroin

• Fentanyl

• Cocaine

• Methamphetamine and Amphetamine

• Miscellaneous Narcotics

• Inhalants

• Arsenic

• Cyanide

• Strychnine

• Digoxin, Succinylcholine, and Insulin

• Antidepressants

• Mixed Drug Overdose

• Barbiturates

The following equipment is used for analysis at the Toxicology Laboratory: gas chromatography-mass spectrometry GC-MS (to confirm and quantitate material picked up by GC screens), two gas chromatographs GC (one dedicated to alcohol analysis), a UV spectrophotometer, an immunoassay system, one UV spectrometer, a CO oximeter, and an inductive coupled plasma spectrometer (ICP).