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This page is designed to collect various FTS resources all in one place. Please scroll down to view them all, or jump to particular sections from the Table of Contents below.
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Training Resources
Training Resources
British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) - https://drugcheckingbc.ca/training/
Drug Checking 7-part Webinar Series, free online training with registration
BTNX - https://youtu.be/-ngMXiNc6k4
Free 5 minute video how-to on YouTube, written and directed by Van Asher, St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction
ANKORS - https://youtu.be/o0n6-MCrex8
Free 4:30 minute video how-to on YouTube
Utah Naloxone - https://youtu.be/j9-wuUpdWHw
Free 5 minute video how-to on YouTube, for testing both opioids and meth
Flyers and Handouts
Flyers and Handouts
British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Fentanyl Test Strip Immunoassay Procedure one-pager (designed for drug-checking technicians, not general public)
Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH), Chicago, IL
How to use a fentanyl test strip one-pager
DanceSafe, United States
How to Test Your Drugs for Fentanyl two-pager
The D.O.P.E. Project, San Francisco, CA
National Harm Reduction Coalition (NHRC), United States
Fentanyl Use and Overdose Prevention Tips, webpage and downloadable two-page tri-fold
Interior Health, British Columbia, Canada
Drug Checking with Fentanyl Test Strips one-pager
Prevent Overdose Rhode Island (PORI)
Fentanyl Test Strip stickers printable page (sticker is scaled to FTS package)
How to use a Fentanyl Test Strip one-pager
Trystereo, New Orleans, LA
How to use Fentanyl Test Strips webpage
Utah Naloxone
Fentanyl Test Strips - How to Use one-pager
Fentanyl Test Strips - What to do if your drugs test positive one-pager
Myths vs Facts About Fentanyl one-pager
Fentanyl - What You Need to Know one-pager
Purchasing
Purchasing
10, 20, and 200 ng/mL cut-offs
Contact sales@btnx.com to order
Bunk Police - individual, pack of 10, or box of 100
$1.99 per strip, $19.99 per 10 pack, or $149.99 per box of 100
$19.99 per order with free shipping
NextDistro - at-cost amount as a donation
Please send an email to info@nextdistro.org and include 'Fentanyl Test Strips' in the subject line
Available as add-on to mail orders or a separate in specific states - click link to view options
The Hup - sold as individual strips
$1 per strip
Research
Research
2021 - High concentrations of illicit stimulants and cutting agents cause false positives on fentanyl test strips, Harm Reduction Journal
2021 - Selectivity and sensitivity of urine fentanyl test strips to detect fentanyl analogues in illicit drugs, International Journal of Drug Policy
2021 - Consumer discernment of fentanyl in illicit opioids confirmed by fentanyl test strips: Lessons from a syringe services program in North Carolina, International Journal of Drug Policy
2021 - "I probably got a minute": Perceptions of fentanyl test strip use among people who use stimulants, International Journal of Drug Policy
2020 - Agency in the fentanyl era: Exploring the utility of fentanyl test strips in an opaque drug market, International Journal of Drug Policy
2020 - Assessing the limit of detection of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and immunoassay strips for fentanyl in a real-world setting, Drug and Alcohol Review
2020 - An assessment of the limits of detection, sensitivity and specificity of three devices for public health-based drug checking of fentanyl in street-acquired samples, International Journal of Drug Policy
2020 - Fentanyl panic goes viral: The spread of misinformation about overdose risk from casual contact with fentanyl in mainstream and social media, International Journal of Drug Policy
2020 - Fentanyl self-testing in a community-based sample of people who inject drugs, San Francisco, International Journal of Drug Policy
2020 - A fentanyl test strip intervention to reduce overdose risk among female sex workers who use drugs in Baltimore: Results from a pilot study, Addiction Behaviors
2020 - Perspectives on Fentanyl Test Strip Use among People Who Inject Drugs in Rural Appalachia, Substance Use & Misuse
2019 - Fentanyl test strips as an opioid overdose prevention strategy: Findings from a syringe services program in the Southeastern United States, International Journal of Drug Policy
2019 - Suspected involvement of fentanyl in prior overdoses and engagement in harm reduction practices among young adults who use drugs, Substance Abuse
2018 - Evaluation of a fentanyl drug checking service for clients of a supervised injection facility, Vancouver, Canada, Harm Reduction Journal
2018 - Expanding harm reduction to include fentanyl urine testing: results from a pilot in rural British Columbia, Harm Reduction Journal
2018 - Fentanyl self-testing outside supervised injection settings to prevent opioid overdose: Do we know enough to promote it?, International Journal of Drug Policy
2018 - Use of rapid fentanyl test strips among young adults who use drugs, International Journal of Drug Policy
2017 - Fentanyl Overdose Reduction Checking Analysis Study (FORECAST)
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