TIAFT Committee on
Systematic Toxicological Analysis & Guidelines

"General unknown screening" - the analytical process that takes place when no prior information about possible toxic agents is available - is an ongoing challenge of forensic and clinical toxicology. This challenge has been addressed by a well-planned, systematic analytical approach - systematic toxicological analysis (STA). In the field of forensic toxicology, STA is the application of an appropriate analytical strategy for the identification of potentially toxic compounds and their metabolites in biological samples. The process of STA includes sampling, sample preparation (isolation), differentiation, detection, as well as identification. Due to the serious legal consequences of forensic cases, particular emphasis must be placed on the quality and reliability of analytical results.

Mission statement of the Committee

The STA committee's mission is to develop Guidelines to advocate and promote systematic toxicological analyses.

STA Committee Chairman

Dr. Thomas Stimpfl

Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Vienna
Sensengasse 2, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
e-mail: thomas.stimpfl@meduniwien.ac.at

STA Committee Members

Dr. Merja Gergov

Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki
PO Box 40 Kytösuontie 11, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
e-mail: merja.gergov@helsinki.fi

Dr. Marc LeBeau, PhD

Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Laboratory
2501 Investigation Parkway, Quantico, Virginia 22135, USA
e-mail: marc.lebeau@ic.fbi.gov

Prof. Dr. R. Klaus Müller

Institute of Forensic Medicine / Toxicology, Leipzig University
Johannisallee 28, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
and
Institute of Doping Analysis IDAS Dresden
Dresdner Str. 12, D-01731 Kreischa, Germany
e-mail: rkmueller.leipzig@t-online.de

Dr. Frank Sporkert

Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Lausanne
Rue de Bugnon 21, CH 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
e-mail: frank.sporkert@chuv.ch

PD. Dr. Wolfgang Weinmann

Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Freiburg
Albertstr. 9, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
e-mail: wolfgang.weinmann@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Requests for information, comments, suggestions, proposals etc.:
thomas.stimpfl@meduniwien.ac.at