Author(s): Desharnais B; Lajoie MJ; Laquerre J; Mireault P; Skinner CD;

A study of impaired driving rates in the province of Québec is currently planned following the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada. Oral fluid (OF) samples are to be collected with a Quantisal® device and sent to the laboratory for analysis. In order to prepare for this project, a qualitative decision point analysis method monitoring for the p ...

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Author(s): Camirand Lemyre F; Desharnais B; Laquerre J; Morel MA; Côté C; Mireault P; Skinner CD;

Qualitative methods hold an important place in drug testing, filling central needs in screening and analyses, among others, linked to per se legislation. Nevertheless, the bioanalytical method validation guidelines do not discuss this type of method or describe method validation procedures ill-adapted to qualitative methods. The output of qualitative meth ...

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Author(s): Desharnais B; Lajoie MJ; Laquerre J; Savard S; Mireault P; Skinner CD;

Several substances relevant for forensic toxicology purposes have an endogenous presence in biological matrices: beta-hydroxybutyric acid (BHB), gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), steroids and human insulin, to name only a few. The presence of significant amounts of these endogenous substances in the biological matrix used to prepare calibration standards a ...

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