Guidelines and Recommendations of the GTFCh

The following guidelines of the GTFCh are at present available in PDF format for download,

the document language is German if not stated else (translations are in progress):

• Guidelines for quality assurance in forensic-toxicological analyses
  (English translation, original German version published in Toxichem Krimtech (2009) 76 (3): 142-176
   amendeted on 30.11.2016, changes published in Toxichem Krimtech (2018) 85 (1): 2 - 6 )
   

  • Appendix A - Requirements for the assay of special analytes in biological matrices including an appendix with a list of limits of quantification
    (English translation, original German version published in Toxichem Krimtech (2009) 76 (3): 177-184)
     

  • Appendix B - Requirements for the validation of analytical methods
    (English translation, original German version published in Toxichem Krimtech (2009) 76 (3): 185-208)
     

  • Appendix C - Requirements for the analysis of hair samples
    (English translation, original German version published in Toxichem Krimtech (2009) 76 (3): 209-216)
     

  • Appendix E - Congener analysis using headspace-gas chromatography in biological specimen
    (original German version published in Toxichem Krimtech (2018) 85 (1): 7 - 13
     

  • Appendix F - Decisions of the GTFCh in the field of forensic toxicology / chemistry
    (original German version from 10.12.2019)

• Recommendations for sampling postmortem specimens for forensic toxicological analyses and special aspects of a postmortem toxicology investigation
  (English translation, original German version published in Toxichem + Krimtech (2018) 85 (1): 14 - 34)
  
   
• Guidelines for quality assurance in forensic-chemical analyses of medical drugs and controlled substances
  (original German version published in Toxichem Krimtech (2020) 87 (2): 35 - 76)

  • Appendix A - Sampling for forensic-chemical analyses of controlled substances
    (original German version published in Toxichem Krimtech (2012) 79 (3): 192 - 217)
     

  • Appendix F - Decisions of the GTFCh in the field of forensic toxicology / chemistry
    (original German version from 10.12.2019)

• Toxicological analysis in the context of determining brain death (English, original German version published in Toxichem + Krimtech (2002) 69 (3): 124-127)

• Toxikologische Analytik im Rahmen der Diagnostik des irreversiblen Hirnfunktionsausfalls - Ergänzende Empfehlungen - Konsensus aus dem Arbeitskreis Klinische Toxikologie der Gesellschaft für Toxikologische und Forensische Chemie (GTFCh)
  (Toxicological analytic in the context of the diagnosis of irreversible brain failure - supplementary recommendations; T K (2018) 85 (2): 75)
    

• Validation of methods for toxicological analysis in the context of determining brain death
  (English, original German version published in Toxichem + Krimtech (2004) 71 (2): 93-95)

• Recommondations of criteria for development and validation of analytical methods for estimating concentrations of drugs in blood to be used in 24/7 clinical toxicology
  (English, version 1 published in Toxichem + Krimtech (2018); 85 (1): 35)

• Empfehlung zur Verwendung einheitlicher Maßeinheiten im Rahmen der Klinische Toxikologie
  (Recommendation on units for reporting drug concentration, Toxichem + Krimtech (2008) 75 (3): 140-142)
   

• Guidelines for the determination of blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) for forensic purposes and its Update
  (from the German Society of Legal Medicine, the Society for Toxicological and Forensic Chemistry, the German Society for Traffic Medicine, published in German in Blutalkohol (2011) 48: 137-143 and Blutalkoho (2020) 57: 23-24)