FTCoE To Host Webinar on Synthetic Opioids

The Forensic Technology Center of Excellence will host "Improving National Laboratory Capability and Capacity to Measure Human Exposure to Synthetic Opioids," a free webinar, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. 

The CDC laboratory at the National Center for Environmental Health is collaborating with public, private and academic laboratories to respond to the opioid overdose epidemic. Some states are leveraging Laboratory Response Network for Chemical Threats (LRN-C) infrastructure to respond to the epidemic. This webinar will cover performance of screening immunoassays, with highlights on cross-reactivity gaps in contrast to fentanyl chemical structure. It will also discuss Traceable Opioid Material* Kits (TOM Kits*), developed by the CDC; these kits have been designed to measure fentanyl-like compounds reported in the DEA Emerging Threat Reports. CDC is sharing these reference kits with public, private and academic laboratories in order to encourage more consistent laboratory measurements across the United States.
For more information and to register, visit https://forensiccoe.org/webinar/improving-national-laboratory-capability-and-capacity-to-measure-human-exposure-to-synthetic-opioids/.