Web Changes

This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.

Last modified: September 23, 2010

The assay for the quantitation of Paraquat has been discontinued because of the falling demand for the test, and the fact that the equipment used for the assay is due to be retired.

New Assay:

Detection and Confirmation of Mephedrone (Meow Meow) using the latest GC and GC-MS equipment.

New Equipment:

February 2010 - A Shimadzu HPLC system is being commisioned.

March 2009 - A second Agilent ICP-MS for the Trace Elements Section

To increase the number of assays available to the section.

We are now able to offer a Trace Elements Screen for 51 different elements - please contact the laboratory.

New Assays

New Assays:

Urine Molybdenum
Serum Molybdenum
Serum Iodine (overdose cases only)
Blood Antimony
Serum Platinum
Urine Titanium
Serum Titanium

Recent papers by the West Midlands Toxicology Laboratory

Now in a separate file, please follow the above link.

More abstracts added - December 1998

Please send any comments about his site to:    robert.dyster(at)swbh.nhs.uk
Last modified: September 23, 2010