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Testing the test strips: laboratory performance of fentanyl test strips [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background The overdose crisis driven by synthetic opioids continues to escalate in the USA. We evaluated the efficacy of multiple manufacturing lots of a fentanyl test strip (FTS) to detect fentanyl and fentanyl analogs and assessed cross-reactivity ...
John C. Halifax, Lilly Lim, Daniel Ciccarone, Kara L. Lynch   +3 more
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Assessment of two brands of fentanyl test strips with 251 synthetic opioids reveals “blind spots” in detection capabilities [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Fentanyl test strips (FTS) are a commonly deployed tool in drug checking, used to test for the presence of fentanyl in street drug samples prior to consumption.
Kathleen L. Hayes, Marya Lieberman
doaj   +8 more sources

North Carolina pharmacists’ willingness to sell fentanyl test strips: a survey study [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Although fentanyl test strips (FTS) can accurately determine the presence of fentanyl in unregulated substances, access to FTS remains limited.
Grace T. Marley, Bayla Ostrach, Delesha Carpenter   +2 more
doaj   +6 more sources

Evaluation of fentanyl immunoassay test strips for rapid in-situ detection of fentanyl and fentanyl analogs in seized samples and alternative matrices [PDF]

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2023
Background: Ion mobility spectrometry is used for the rapid detection of drugs at points of security but are unable to differentiate some drugs leading to the instrument alarming for a drug not present in the sample.
Caitlyn Norman, Victoria Marland, Craig McKenzie, Hervé Ménard, Niamh Nic Daéid   +4 more
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A lot testing protocol for quality assurance of fentanyl test strips for harm reduction applications [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Fentanyl test strips (FTS) are lateral flow immunoassays that were originally designed and validated for detecting low concentrations of fentanyl in urine.
Hirudini Fernando, Anita Amate, Kathleen L. Hayes, Heather D. Whitehead, Charlie Desnoyers, Emmanuel Uzobuife, Madison S. Denchfield, Braden Whitelatch, Marya Lieberman   +8 more
doaj   +6 more sources

High willingness to use rapid fentanyl test strips among young adults who use drugs [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background Synthetic opioid overdose mortality among young adults has risen more than 300% in the USA since 2013, primarily due to the contamination of heroin and other drugs with illicitly manufactured fentanyl.
Maxwell S. Krieger, Jesse L. Yedinak, Jane A. Buxton, Mark Lysyshyn, Edward Bernstein, Josiah D. Rich, Traci C. Green, Scott E. Hadland, Brandon D. L. Marshall   +8 more
doaj   +8 more sources

Use of rapid fentanyl test strips among young adults who use drugs. [PDF]

Int J Drug Policy, 2018
The overdose epidemic has been exacerbated by a dramatic increase in deaths involving illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF). Drug checking is a novel strategy to identify IMF in illicit drugs. We examined the uptake and acceptability of rapid fentanyl test strips among young adults.From May to September 2017, we recruited 93 young adults in Rhode ...
Krieger MS, Goedel WC, Buxton JA, Lysyshyn M, Bernstein E, Sherman SG, Rich JD, Hadland SE, Green TC, Marshall BDL.   +9 more
europepmc   +8 more sources

Highlighting variability in fentanyl test strip instructions using thematic content analysis [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Fentanyl test strips (FTS) are a harm reduction tool used by individuals seeking to avoid unintentional fentanyl exposure while consuming other illicit substances (e.g., heroin, cocaine). While evidence speaks to the efficacy and acceptability
Cianna J. Piercey, Claire L. Pince, Hollis C. Karoly   +2 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Beyond Fentanyl Test Strips: Investigating Other Urine Drug Test Strips for Drug Checking Applications. [PDF]

Forensic Chem
Use of immunoassay test strips for the detection of fentanyl in drug samples has become increasingly commonplace in harm reduction, law enforcement, public health, customs, and forensic science settings. With the increase of xylazine in the drug supply in recent years, use of xylazine test strips has also begun to take root.
Sisco E, Appley MG, Pyfrom EM, Banta-Green CJ, Shover CL, Molina CA, Biamont B, Robinson EL.   +7 more
europepmc   +10 more sources

Evaluating fentanyl test strips as a harm reduction strategy in rural and urban counties: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

Trials
Background Opioid-related fatalities are a leading cause of death in Ohio and nationally, with an increasing number of overdoses attributable to fentanyl. Rapid fentanyl test strips can identify fentanyl and some fentanyl analogs in urine samples and are
Ashley Short Mejia, Gary A. Smith, Soledad A. Fernandez, Bridget Freisthler, Christine Grella, Nichole L. Michaels   +5 more
doaj   +4 more sources