Attorneys should review lab procedures to understand the forensic techniques used to analyze the evidence in their cases. This page will be updated as additional procedures are received, but attorneys should request any procedure from the lab through discovery rather than relying on the documents posted here. It is important to review the procedure that was in effect at the time the evidence was processed. If the information you need is not available, please contact the NC OCME Toxicology Lab.
Previous Procedures
| Effective Date | Title | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/21/2016 | OCME Tox QA-QC Manual | OCME QA-QC Manual | |
| 8/14/2017 | SOP001 Accessioning of Specimens | OCME SOP Accessioning of Specimens | |
| 8/21/2017 | SOP002 Test Assignment | OCME SOP Test Assignment | |
| 8/21/2017 | SOP003 Pill Counting | OCME SOP Pill Counting | |
| 8/21/2017 | SOP004 Evidence Storage Room Access Review | OCME SOP Evidence Storage Room Access Review | |
| 8/21/2017 | SOP005 Preparing Tissue Homogenates | OCME SOP Preparing Tissue Homogenates | |
| 8/21/2017 | SOP006 Release to Outside Agency | OCME SOP Release to Outside Agency | |
| 8/21/2017 | SOP007 Disposal of Specimens | OCME SOP Disposal of Specimens | |
| 8/21/2017 | SOP008 Disposal of Archived Records | OCME SOP Disposal of Archived Records | |
| 8/29/2017 | SOP009 Intro to Tox Log | OCME SOP Intro to Tox Log | |
| 8/29/2017 | SOP010 Standard and Control Preparation | OCME SOP Standard and Control Preparation | |
| 8/29/2017 | SOP050 Agilent Chemstation Sequence Setup | OCME SOP Agilent Chemstation Sequence Setup | |
| 8/29/2017 | SOP051 Sequence Setup Themo Xcalibur | OCME SOP Sequence Setup Themo Xcalibur | |
| 8/29/2017 | SOP052 Sequence Setup and Data Processing | OCME SOP Sequence Setup and Data Processing | |
| 8/29/2017 | SOP053 Sequence Setup Thermo LCQuan | OCME SOP Sequence Setup Thermo LCQuan | |
| 8/29/2017 | SOP054 Data Processing Agilent Chemstation | OCME SOP Data Processing Agilent Chemstation | |
| 8/29/2017 | SOP055 Data Processing Thermo LCQuan | OCME SOP Data Processing Thermo LCQuan | |
| 12/6/2017 | SOP060 Chromotography Tune Evaluation Troubleshooting | OCME SOP Chromotography Tune Evaluation Troubleshooting | |
| 12/6/2017 | SOP061 Routine Inlet GC Maintenance | OCME SOP Routine Inlet GC Maintenance | |
| 12/6/2017 | SOP062 NPD Bead Installation | OCME SOP NPD Bead Installation | |
| 9/12/2017 | SOP071 Routine LC Maintenance | OCME SOP Routine LC Maintenance | |
| 9/12/2017 | SOP072 LCMS Testmix Evaluation and Troubleshooting | OCME SOP LCMS Testmix Evaluation and Troubleshooting | |
| 12/6/2017 | SOP074 Carbon Monoxide by Palladium Chloride | OCME SOP Carbon Monoxide by Palladium Chloride | |
| 12/6/2017 | SOP075 Carbon Monoxide Detection by Second Derivative | OCME SOP Carbon Monoxide Detection by Second Derivative | |
| 8/29/2017 | SOP080 Methanol and Formaldehyde by Chromotropic Acid | OCME SOP Methanol and Formaldehyde by Chromotropic Acid | |
| 8/29/2017 | SOP100 Salicylates | OCME SOP Salicylates | |
| 8/14/2017 | SOP102 Organic Bases Screen | OCME SOP Organic Bases Screen | |
| 12/6/2017 | SOP103 Acidic & Neutrals | OCME SOP Acidic & Neutrals | |
| 12/6/2017 | SOP106 Arsenic Detection by Reinsch Test | OCME SOP Arsenic Detection by Reinsch Test | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP109 Ethylene Glycol Screen by GC MS | OCME SOP Ethylene Glycol Screen by GC MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP110 pHOx Ultra Chemical Analyzer | OCME SOP pHOx Ultra Chemical Analyzer | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP202 Organic Bases Quant | OCME SOP Organic Bases Quant | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP203 Acidic & Neutrals Quantification | OCME SOP Acidic & Neutrals Quantification | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP209 Ethylene Glycol Quant | OCME SOP Ethylene Glycol Quant | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP210 GHB by GCMS | OCME SOP GHB by GCMS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP212 Organic Bases Cough Cold Quant | OCME SOP Organic Bases Cough Cold Quant | |
| 1/22/2018 | SOP401 Acetaminophen Quantification by LC MS MS | OCME SOP Acetaminophen Quantification by LC MS MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP402 Benzodiazepines by LC MS MS | OCME SOP Benzodiazepines by LC MS MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP403 Cocaine and Metabolites by LC MS MS | OCME SOP Cocaine and Metabolites by LC MS MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP404 Fentanyl by LC MS MS | OCME SOP Fentanyl by LC MS MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP405 Methadone by LC MS MS | OCME SOP Methadone by LC MS MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP406 Gabapentin & Pregabalin by LC MS MS | OCME SOP Gabapentin & Pregabalin by LC MS MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP408 Opiates Quantification LC MS MS | OCME SOP Opiates Quantification LC MS MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP409 SSRI by LC MS MS | OCME SOP SSRI by LC MS MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP410 Duloxetine by LC MS MS | OCME SOP Duloxetine by LC MS MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP412 Quentiapine by LC MS MS | OCME SOP Quentiapine by LC MS MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP413 Lopremide by LC MS MS | OCME SOP Lopremide by LC MS MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP414 Acetyl Fentanyl by LC MS MS | OCME SOP Acetyl Fentanyl by LC MS MS | |
| 12/7/2017 | SOP416 Furanyl Fentanyl Quantitation by LC MS MS | OCME SOP Furanyl Fentanyl Quantitation by LC MS MS | |
| 8/25/2017 | SOP417 Fentalog Quantitation by LC MS MS | OCME SOP Fentalog Quantitation by LC MS MS | |
| 6/3/2019 | SOP418 U Compounds Quantification LC MS MS | OCME SOP U Compounds Quantification LC MS MS | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P1 Mission Statement | OCME Toxicology Procedures Mission Statement | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P10 Laboratory Safety | OCME Laboratory Safety | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P11 Laboratory Documentation Policy | OCME Laboratory Documentation Policy | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P12 Chain of Custody | OCME Chain of Custody | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P13 Toxicology Specimen Requirements | OCME Toxicology Specimen Requirements | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P14 Test and Batch Assignment | OCME Test and Batch Assignment | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P15 Subcontracting | OCME Subcontracting | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P16 Outside Testing Drugs DNA | OCME Outside Testing Drugs DNA | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P17 Data Review and Retention | OCME Data Review and Retention | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P18 Biological Sample Retention | OCME Biological Sample Retention | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P19 Evidence Retention | OCME Evidence Retention | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P2 Organizational Structure | OMCE Organizational Structure | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P20 Dissemination, Interpretation, Confidentiality of Results | OCME Dissemination, Interpretation, Confidentiality of Results | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P3 Security and Staffing Hours | OCME Security and Staffing hours | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P4 Toxicology Employee Policy | OCME Toxicology Employee Policy | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P5 Staff Training | OCME Staff Training | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P6 Telephone Answering Protocol | OCME Telephone Answering Protocol | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P7 Computer Usage | OCME Computer Usage | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P8 Resolution of Complaints | OCME Resolution of Complaints | |
| 1/11/2017 | TOX-P9 Quality Assurance Quality Control Program | OCME Quality Assurance Quality Control Program |