Medical Review Officer Online Course with Live Discussion (Includes Digital Syllabus)-Laboratory Drug Testing

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Video Summary

The video is a presentation by Michael Peat on forensic drug testing laboratory considerations. He discusses the process and definitions used in drug testing laboratories. He explains that the initial tests are screening tests that identify negative specimens and presumptive non-negative specimens. Negative results are reported to the medical review officer while non-negative specimens go through a confirmation test. The confirmation test can result in a positive non-negative, a negative non-negative, an adulterated, substituted, or invalid result. Peat also explains terms like aliquot (samples of the original specimen) and batch (a group of aliquots). He describes the flow of specimens through the lab, from receiving to testing to reporting to the medical review officer. He emphasizes the importance of reliability in forensic drug testing labs and attributes it to strict quality assurance programs and inspections. The presentation also covers the goals of a drug testing lab, the requirements for screening and confirmation assays, and the reporting requirements for methamphetamine. Peat briefly mentions other drugs not included in the program, such as cannabimomimetics and methcathinone derivatives. Overall, the video provides an overview of the considerations and processes involved in forensic drug testing laboratories.

Keywords

forensic drug testing

laboratory considerations

drug testing process

screening tests

confirmation test

medical review officer

reliability in drug testing labs

quality assurance programs