This is what you are supposed to do if a sample you receive does not have a Request Form included.
What is put the sample on hold?
100
The document you receive that orders you to court to provide testimony.
What is a subpoena?
100
They are the three pathologists at OME.
Who is Dr Grey, Dr Leis, and Dr Christensen?
100
This is the reason why beginning July 1, we will no longer be supplying kits to LE agencies.
What is budget cuts?
100
Leaving the Rx screen on the rotary shaker will result in extraction of these types of peaks and a "dirty chromatogram."
What is "junk peaks"?
200
The amount of time after a final report is issued after which you should return a sample to the submitting agency.
What is 5 weeks?
200
The legal document we receive from attorneys wherein they typically request copies of the case file.
What is a discovery request?
200
This is a licensed physician that conducts an initial assessment of a decedent and can make the determination that the body need NOT be transported to the OME for investigation.
What is a deputy ME?
200
The date and time a final report is issued if a supervisor reviews and closes a case today.
What is the following morning at 9 am?
200
Some of the DISADVANTAGES of this extraction are:
- multiple extractions are required for high recovery rates
- formation of emulsions
- poor phase separation
- high solvent consumption
- adaptation to automated systems difficult
- organic solutions have to be dried subsequently
What is liquid-liquid extraction?
300
The document you print for the customer if they want proof that they submitted samples (on the day they delivered them).
What is a sample receipt?
300
The rate we will charge for testimony provided on cases for which we have done no testing.
What is $75/hr?
300
It is the reason most cited by the OME as the reason why timely toxicology results (and death certificates) are needed.
What is the issuance of insurance money for next of kin?
300
This is the person to whom all agency address changes should be submitted so that LIMS can be updated.
Who is Linda Beal?
300
A process by which substances can be prepared to improve detection on GCMS (e.g., improve separation, sensitivity, reduce tailing, etc.)
What is derivatization?
400
The minimum volume of urine recommended for a urine drug screen (as indicated on our services manual).
What is 30 ml?
400
The document you might offer to attorneys if you cannot appear in court and they are willing to accept written testimony.
What is an affidavit?
400
The 4 modes of death used by the OME in their case investigation.
What are suicide, homicide, accident, undetermined, natural?
400
A type of case where we did no testing but we may sometimes get requested to provide testimony on "general toxicology."
What is a refusal case?
400
It is the lowest calibrator for the volatiles quant method.
What is 0.02 g/dl?
500
The preservative and the anti-coagulant included in the grey top tubes.
What are potassium oxalate and sodium fluoride?
500
The number of days after a DUI arrest within which the preliminary hearing for a DUI case must be held when requested by the suspect.
What is 30 days?
500
The name of the new OME information system that will replace MESU.
What is UMED?
500
The organization from which we will be seeking accreditation to further provide evidence of the reliability of our results to our customers.
What is ASCLD?
500
This is the cut-off level recommended for identifying drugs in sexual assault cases (from the Violence Against Women Act).