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Toxicology

The analytical screening of tissues and body fluids for drugs of abuse followed by confirmatory and quantitative determinations.

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A laboratory analyst screens samples for the presence of drugs with the aid of enzyme immunoassay instrument.
The criminalist is performing an extraction on submitted evidentiary samples.
The extracted samples are then analyzed using an automated gas chromatograph with a mass spectral detector.