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1. Role of analysis in the forensic
investigation
By
Yasmin Aziz
Supervised by
Dr. Ammar Ali Hussien
2. Toxicology
Toxicology; is the study of the toxic effect of
chemicals or xenobiotic on living organisms,
particularly the humans, or animals. Toxicology
involves studying the symptoms, mechanisms,
detection and treatments of poisoning of a living
body. Chemicals, or toxic agents, may be
biological, physical, or chemical.
3. Forensic toxicology
is a broad science that integrates principles and
toxicology and legal aspects, which occur in conjunction with
medicolegal instances as with homicide, suicide, road traffic and other
types of accident and/or disasters. Nowadays, the practitioners of
forensic toxicology science have to deal with three chief sections,
namely:
1- postmortem,
2- drug testing,
3- human performance forensic toxicology.
4. forensic toxicology is mainly referred to the science
entailing the fusion of analytical forensic chemistry
with toxicological principles and effects, dealing toxic
substances, drugs of abuse, doping agents, chemical
warfare agents, and their metabolisms and analyses,
which are related to laws and ethics
5. SOPs
The forensic toxicology laboratory should have standard operating procedures (SOPs)
that are complete, updated, and accessible to all toxicologists carrying out forensic
toxicology tests. SOPs should include detailed descriptions of all procedural processes
starting from sample receiving, fulfillment of secured chain of custody, analysis, quality
assurance and quality control (including validation of methods), reviewing of data,
reporting and sample disposal as well as electronic program usage and security protocols
of such programs if any.
6.
7. Forensic toxicology can hence be generally divided into three main
sectors :
Workplace or pre-employment testing dealing with pre-employment
drug screens or drug screens required by the workplace.
Postmortem toxicology dealing with the toxicology testing on deceased
individuals and is a routine part of the autopsy process. Main aim is
establishing the cause of death and clarifying its circumstances in
postmortem investigation.
Human performance testing or Criminal Toxicology is used to elucidate
the absence or presence of substances modifying human performance or
behavior. This could be dealing with the determinants or toxicological
factors in the investigation of criminal offenses, driving under the
influence of alcohol or drugs, committing a crime while on a drug, or
having a crime committed against an individual such as a sexual assault.
8.
9. Samples used for screening in workplace testing
1- Urine sample
It must be collected under direct observation or with
measures in place so that tampering with the
collection are eliminated, as by using adulteration
detection kits directly after sample collection by
donor, where the samples proved to be adulterated
are rejected before being received by the laboratory
personnel.
10. 2- Blood sample
Blood sample is of particularly useful to the forensic
toxicologists since:
1- the drug or poison existence in blood shows that exposure
followed by absorption has taken place, hence a recent
exposure might be ascertained.
2- Furthermore, significant associations exist between the
blood levels of most chemicals, poisons or drugs and their
pharmacological and/or behavioral effects exerted on living
bodies.
3-On the other hand, urine drug levels, only indicate a
previous drug exposure without conclusive evidence about the
exact time of possible exposure or its probable physiological
effects
11. 3- Oral fluid sample
Oral fluid is getting recent credit as a standard matrix for rapid drugs or
substances of abuse detection. When compared to blood and urine samples, the
oral fluid collection is:
1- non-invasive,
2- easy technique with negligible intrusion into personal privacy.
3- Such a sample can be collected under direct observation, consequently
excluding the likelihood of sample exchange or adulteration as seen with urine
samples. Hence, oral fluid can be beneficial in numerous situations that
necessitate drug testing, as workplace screening, drug monitoring follow up, or
for definitive treatment When compared to urine samples,
oral fluid is a better reflection of blood concentrations of a drug.
12.
13. It is becoming a more accepted testing specimen, due to the ease of its
collection. Being an ideal specimen to collect where a restroom is not
available, such as at the scene of a traffic accident, popularity of using
oral fluid sample is increasing by time. As oral fluid is a hyper filtrate
of blood, parent compounds are detected opposed to metabolites.
Detection lengths are thus shorter than in urine, being only 1–2 days
compared with 2–5 days with urine .
14. 4- Hair samples
Hair is an alternative sample type that can be used for drug testing. The
main advantage over the other samples is the wider length of detection,
as in hair it might reach up to 3 months. However, environmental
contamination is a major concern with hair testing, so laboratories must
take special precautions during specimen preparations to ensure
removal of environmental contamination.
15. 5- Human breath testing
Lastly, another biological sample that has established recognition in
many global areas in forensic toxicology testing is human breath. It is
usually sampled for the detection and estimation of blood alcohol
concentration in an individual and the detected level will be compared
with the legal level of each country for driving under the effect of
alcohol and other driving related offenses.
It may also be sampled for the presence or absence of inhalants, most
of which are volatile organic solvents that are not easily detected in
blood, that are getting more abused among youths and adolescents
16. Urine sample adulteration
Specific precautions are required to determine if the specimen has been
tampered with or adulterated in any way. All urine samples should be
tested for creatinine, specific gravity, pH, and oxidants (nitrites).
When specimen adulteration testing falls out of the specified ranges of
what is considered normal, it is termed as one of four classes, namely;
diluted, substituted, adulterated, or invalid.
17. Postmortem testing
Analytical toxicology is a main procedure following the autopsy process. In
postmortem setting and directly after death, metabolism of drugs and chemicals
cease. If an autopsy is performed within a reasonable time frame, and the body was
protected from harsh environmental conditions, the toxicology results will be as
close as possible to what was in the body directly at the time of death. Quantitation
of any drugs can indicate if an overdose occurred, a sub-therapeutic drug level was
present, or a combination of multiple substances contributed to the cause of death .
18. In contrast to workplace drug testing, where urine samples are usually analyzed for a
relatively fewer drugs and/or drug metabolites, the scope of work in postmortem
forensic toxicology often encompasses search analysis for a larger number of poisons
and drugs in numerous altered samples including blood, gastric contents, vitreous, and
tissues including; renal, liver, spleen, muscle and brain tissues .
In addition, analysis of blood is mostly noteworthy as lethal drug concentrations in blood
are well known for most of the drugs. However, drug concentrations in blood are generally
lower than in urine or in tissues, which make their detection much harder than in urine
samples .
In many occasions, the forensic pathologist is dependent on the toxicological results to
offer aid in determination of the cause of death. This is usually the situation when either
gross or microscopic examinations during the autopsy process do not interpret a cause
of death .
19. Specimen type, amount and site of collection
The following is a suggested list of specimens and amounts to be
collected at post-mortem in such cases :
Femoral blood: at least 10 mL (site specified and suitably isolated).
Urine: all available sample.
Vitreous humor: all collected sample.
Cavity/heart blood: not less than 25 mL, collected only if femoral
blood is limited or not available.
Hair: to be collected at the start of the autopsy prior to body
evisceration.
Bile sample: 10 mL.
Liver, renal and/or spleen tissues: 10–20 g, mainly if low volume of
blood available.
20. Stomach contents: all available and any examples of undigested
tablets/drug material (including potential plant toxin material.
Brain tissue: 10–20 g (for volatiles).
Lung tissue: 10–20 g (for volatiles).
Samples collected by in health care facilities prior to death (ante
mortem specimens) are samples of greater importance.
Non-human items collected at the from death scene, which may have
contributed to the death are considered as samples of utmost
importance, in toxicological investigation in postmortem cases.
21. Human performance testing
How an individual acts when under the effect of a
substance or drug of abuse is determined by human
performance testing.
This type of testing includes determination of blood
alcohol level and drugs of abuse testing from a
suspected driver.
22. Specimen :
The specimen of choice in human performance testing is blood, though
oral fluid sample is another promising sample. Analyzing a blood sample
is of utmost importance because upon confirming the presence of any
abused substance, it is then probable to establish an estimated time frame
of drug or substance exposure. Such finding is not likely to be estimated
upon using a urine sample, where all drugs have a much longer detection
window. Ability to conclusively verify the timeframe of drug
consumption, is crucial in all human performance testing settings
23. Types of testing in the field of forensic
toxicology
1- Screening or initial testing
Initial testing of collected specimens, is known as screening or
screen testing. It is done by immunoassay methods. The cutoffs to
determine negative from nonnegative samples are established by
Governmental regulatory bodies in each country. Any value greater
than or equal to the cutoff is considered “nonnegative” (The term
positive can only be used with confirmatory testing because of the
possibility of false-positive screening test). Screening testing is done
for a specific class of drugs; opiates, amphetamines,
benzodiazepines, etc.
24. If all performed initial screening tests were negative, the
results will be released as negative and there is no further
testing to be requested. If any of the performed test results
were equal to or above the cutoff value, a new aliquot from
the main sample will be obtained and confirmatory testing
will be started.
2-Confirmatory testing
25. Result reporting
Reporting of the results is done following a second review
of all results by another laboratory personnel who was not a
part of the testing process. On finding them acceptable, all
results will be certified and released either to the medical
review officer or to the requesting entity
26. Case Study :
An ambulance was called for a 7 year old girl who was found lifeless by her mother.
The girl was allegedly hanging from a curtain pole. When the paramedics arrived a
few minutes later the girl was not breathing and had no pulse. Although weak pulse
was restored after cardiopulmonary resuscitation, later clinical and radiographic
examinations showed signs of severe anoxic brain damage. The clinicians reported
the observation of red marks on the girl’s neck. After one week it was decided to turn
off the ventilator and death occurred shortly after. Present in the house at the time of
the incident was only the girl, her mother and two younger siblings (aged < 2 years
old). The mother stated the girl had been alone in her room playing with some
clothing only for a few minutes, while she was taking care of the smaller children in
an adjacent room. She then found her daughter hanging from a long-sleeved nylon
shirt, in which one sleeve was tightened around the girl’s neck, the other sleeve
attached to the curtain pole above the window in the room. The girl’s father was away
at work at the time of the incident. The family had immigrated to Norway from the
Middle East a few years earlier. According to the mother, the girl had the previous
day been watching a foreign channel TV show which put on view a romantic drama
ending with a woman hanging herself from a tree.
27. cLInIcaL eXamInatIon anD aUtoPsY Clinical forensic examination performed three days after
the incident revealed a constriction furrow on the anterior and lateral aspects of the neck. The
furrow was 0.5 -1.0 cm wide and slanted slightly upwards towards a point behind the right ear .
A likely pattern of cloth was observed within the furrow. Neither petechial hemorrhages nor
signs of facial congestion were observed. The subsequent post-mortem investigation disclosed
remnants of the now brownish furrow, and anticipated anoxic brain damage and lung infl
ammation with diff use alveolar injury due to ventilator therapy. No signs of body harm other
than the constriction furrow were revealed. The manner of death was ambiguous although the
police interrogation did not disclose any findings suspicious of murder.