NPS–EQA PART II: Four years’ experience in external quality assessment program in Italy for classical and new psychoactive substances analysis in hair

• Published in: Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis Vol. 243; p. 116100
• Main Authors: Rotolo, Maria Concetta, Graziano, Silvia, Varì, Maria Rosaria, Minutillo, Adele, Di Giorgi, Alessandro, Aquilina, Valeria, Pichini, Simona, Marchei, Emilia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier B.V 15.06.2024
• Subjects: Classic drugs; External quality assessment; Hair samples; New psychoactive substances; Hair samples; External quality assessment; New psychoactive substances; Classic drugs

In 2019, the Italian National Institute of Health established an external quality assessment (EQA) program to evaluate the performance of laboratories of collaborative centres participating in the National Early Warning System in hair testing for classical and new psychoactive substances (NPS). The...