Evaluation of in‐house drug evidence testing by King County Medical Examiner's Office in “real‐time” fatal overdose surveillance
Richard C. Harruff,
William L. Barbour,
Nicole A. Yarid
Abstract:With the escalating overdose epidemic, many surveillance efforts have appeared. In 2018, King County Medical Examiner's Office (KCMEO) initiated a fatal overdose surveillance project aimed at expediting death certification and disseminating timely information. In this project, KCMEO investigators collected items of evidence of drug use from overdose death scenes, which were tested by five in‐house methods, four using handheld devices: TruNarc Raman spectrometer, with and without the manufacture's H‐Kit, Rigaku… Show more
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