Below are resources referenced in each of the seven webinars. There are additional reading resources for further exploration.

Webinar One – BCCSU Drug Checking Webinar Series

Resources

1. Drug Checking as a Harm Reduction Intervention
2. Drug Checking Operational Technician Manual
3. Guidelines for Identifying Colours and Textures

Citations

1. British Columbia Coroners Service. Illicit drug toxicity deaths in BC: 2010 – 2020. Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General; 2020. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/birth-adoption-death-marriage-and-divorce/deaths/coroners-service/statistical/illicit-drug.pdf.

Webinar Two – Fentanyl Test Strips: Their Use and Limitations

Resources

1. How to Use Fentanyl Test Strips

Citations

1. Health Canada Recalls and Safety Alerts. Health Canada reminds Canadians of the limitations of fentanyl test strips being used to check street drugs before consumption. June 22, 2018. Accessed: https://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2018/67106a-eng.php.
2. Tupper KW, McCrae K, Garber I, Lysyshyn M, Wood E. Initial results of a drug checking pilot program to detect fentanyl adulteration in a Canadian setting. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018;190:242. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.06.020.
3. British Columbia Coroners Service. Illicit drug toxicity deaths in BC: 2010 – 2020. Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General; 2020. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/birth-adoption-death-marriage-and-divorce/deaths/coroners-service/statistical/illicit-drug.pdf.
4. Karamouzian M, Dohoo C, Forsting S, McNeil R, Kerr T, Lysyshyn M. Evaluation of a fentanyl drug checking service for clients of a supervised injection facility, Vancouver, Canada. Harm Reduct J. 2018;15(1):46. doi:10.1186/s12954-018-0252-8.

Webinar Three – FTIR Spectroscopy: Introduction and Limitations

Resources

1. Drug Checking as a Harm Reduction Intervention
2. Drug Checking Operational Technician Manual
3. BCCSU Drug Checking Libraries
4. CCENDU Bulletins

Citations

1. McCrae K, Tobias S, Grant C, et al. Assessing the limit of detection of Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy and immunoassay strips for fentanyl in a real‐world setting. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2020;39(1):98-102. doi:10.1111/dar.13004.

Webinar Four – FTIR Operational Procedures

Resources

1. Drug Checking as a Harm Reduction Intervention

Webinar Five – OPUS Software & Basic Spectrum Analysis

Resources

1. FTIR Signals of Common Compounds

Citations

1. Bruker. OPUS/SEARCH User Manual. Version 7. (2014). Bruker.
2. Bruker. DrugID-Wizard Reference Manual. (ND). Bruker.
3. McCrae, K., Tobias, S., & Stunden, C. (2019). Drug Checking Operational Technician Manual. British Columbia Centre on Substance Use.

Webinar Six – Data Recording: Electronic Data Capture with DCBC

Webinar Seven – Drug Checking Process in OPS/SCS Settings

Resources

1. Drug Checking Operational Technician Manual