Medicolegal testing is a part of the forensic field that assists work across both the legal and scientific divisions to determine the cause and manner of death in postmortem cases. Court-ordered and workplace drug testing are important to ensure that individuals adhere to legal and government-issued requests. With total toxicology solutions from Waters, your lab will get the comprehensive solutions, service, and support you need for all your medicolegal testing concerns.
The combination of ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System with Waters line of mass spectrometry provides the highest chromatography resolution for accurate quantitation in routine drug analysis.
Achieve exceptional performance, delivering ease of use and robust high-quality data in a small footprint for a tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer.
Achieve and maintain high performance and productivity with significantly increased sensitivity for negative ionizing compounds with our compact, sustainable tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer.
Xevo G3 QTof brings the power of accurate mass and versatility of high-resolution mass spectrometry to the forensic toxicology laboratory for targeted and non-targeted screening analysis.
A) Integrated MRM chromatograms for the quantifier (upper), qualifier (middle), and internal standard (lower) for a 1.0 pg/mg spiked blended hair sample. B) MRM chromatograms showing quantifier MRM transitions for a control (0 pg/mg) hair samples (upper traces) and carboxy-THC spiked (0.2 pg/mg) samples (lower traces) for a blended and a blond hair sample.
Comparison between the fragmentation patterns obtained using the Xevo TQD (left panel) and the Xevo TQ-S micro (right panel) for propoxyphene in the Bio-Rad S10 Liquichek Urine Toxicology Quality Control reference urine.
Chromatogram showing benzodiazepines in the ACQ DCT -25% commercial reference urine detected by the Xevo TQ-S micro using the supplied targeted MRM method
Chromatography of all compounds on the ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 Column. The earliest eluting compound is morphine at 0.86 minutes and the latest eluting compound is diazepam at 3.05 minutes
