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Synthetic Opioids Program

About The PT Program for Synthetic Opioids is for laboratories offering qualitative and confirmatory drug analysis of synthetic opioids. Our PT laboratory is accredited in accordance with the International Standard ISO/IEC 17043:2010 and produces quality reference materials in accordance with ISO 17034. PT Samples Currently, challenges will include a mix of compounds from the list below prepared in human urine, non-human blood, and non-human plasma.(drug list fine) Participating laboratories will receive frozen PT samples by courier in two shipments (currently 6 samples...

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Pilot Proficiency Testing Program

RTI pilot proficiency testing (PT) program for laboratories that provide drug checking services RTI International is piloting a PT program for laboratories that provide drug checking services. As part of this program RTI will send each participating laboratory one kit containing 8 samples for testing. Samples will contain controlled and/or non-controlled substances at relevant purities. Laboratories will report results electronically via an online submission form. Individual results will not be shared with anyone beyond PT program staff and the submitting laboratory....

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Episode 306 | Just Improving Sexual Assault Kit Testing Workflows

Original Release Date: April 18, 2025 In episode one of our Sexual Assault Awareness Month season, Just Science sat down with Jody West, the Forensic Science Manager for the Forensic Biology Section at the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory, and Dr. Patricia Melton, a Senior Research Forensic Social Scientist at RTI International, to discuss resources […]

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Episode 305 | Just Advancements in Death Investigation Practices

Original Release Date: February 21, 2025 In this special release episode, Just Science sat down with Chuck Heurich, Senior Physical Scientist with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and Dr. Jennifer Snippen, experienced medicolegal death investigator and consultant, to discuss recent updates to NIJ’s Guide for the Death Scene Investigator. Twenty-five years ago, NIJ released […]

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Episode 300 | Just Direct Financial Assistance: A Strategy to Support Survivors of Human Trafficking

Original Release Date: October 18, 2024 In episode 3 of our economic empowerment season, Just Science down with Megan Lundstrom, the inaugural Director of the Polaris Project’s Resilience Fund, to discuss how flexible cash assistance can support people who have experienced human trafficking.   Direct financial assistance, such as stipends or grants, play an important role […]

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