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Research and Development
TrichoTech is committed to research and development in both the technology
and services we provide. Our team of leading toxicologists continually
study the data from the tests we perform for our clients, identifying
drug misuse patterns and developing more sophisticated techniques for
use in hair analysis.
Aside from service and technological advancements, TrichoTech scientists
are involved in on-going research and development into both the sensitivity
of drugs to detection, and the range of drugs that is possible to detect.
We are currently the market leader for Hair Testing and are accredited
to ISO/IEC 17025 standards to test for drugs of abuse in hair, urine and
oral fluid. We are also accredited to screen for the widest variety of
drugs in hair - currently 14 drugs and 40 analytes
In recent years we have forged close links with the University
of Glamorgan which has an excellent biotechnology department. We perform
research in conjunction with Forensic Science students, and have been
able to provide support for their study as well as sponsoring the Best
Forensic Science Student Award.
TrichoTech Research Papers
- Research Using Tricho Tech Laboratories
Recreational drugs and fetal gastroschisis: maternal hair analysis in the peri-conceptional period and during pregnancy. - TIAFT - The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
2006
(Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Patterns In Drug Use in the UK as Revealed Through Analysis of Hair in a Large Population Sample. - TIAFT - The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
2005
(Seoul, Korea)
Hair Analysis Of Naltrexone And 6-ß-Naltrexol: A Complimentary and Useful Technique in Monitoring Compliance. - British Mass-Spectrometer Society 2004
1. Hair Analysis for Assessing Cannabis Use by GC-MS (Ion Trap): Limitations " Advances on the Differentiation Between Systematic Exposure " External Contamination.
2. Rapid Drug Screening - SPME (Preliminary Study). - TIAFT - The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
2004
(Washington DC, USA)
1.Drug Detection in Hair: Results from a Large Populations Sample.
2. Drug Detection in Oral Fluids: Identification of Poly Drug Use by EIA and GC-MS. - TIAFT - The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
2002
(Paris, France)
Hair Analysis for Detection of Drugs: the Use of Multiple and Single Sections on the Interpretation of Drug use for Medical-Legal Purposes. - TIAFT - The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
2001
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Hair Analysis for Detection of Drugs: A Retrospective Review of Data Obtained in the Routine Practice of a Specialist Laboratory.