Best Practices
- Third Party Drug Checking Without Consent (2024) This document provides considerations and best practice approaches for technicians working in any drug checking service when interacting with people who may be requesting drug checking on behalf of someone else, without that person’s knowledge or consent.
- Drug Checking Implementation Guide (2022) This guide assembles the operational knowledge collected from a multi-site BC drug checking evaluation in one place. It provides comprehensive information support for those interested in implementing or expanding drug checking services in their community, region, or province.
Operational Guidance
Standard operating procedures
- Maintenance and Preventative Care for FTIR Spectrometers in Drug Checking Services (2024)
- Using Ehrlich Reagent for Drug Checking (2024)
- FTIR Libraries for Drug Checking (2024)
- Installing FTIR Libraries for Drug Checking (2024)
- Drug Crushing (2023)
- Confirmatory Testing (2022)
- Sample Disposal (2022)
- Fentanyl Quantification and Messaging (2021)
- Fentanyl Quantification Procedures (2021)