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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • Mass Spectrometry

Background:

  • High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) offers comprehensive drug screening capabilities using untargeted, accurate mass data.
  • Establishing data analysis parameters and acceptability criteria for HRMS drug screening remains a challenge due to a lack of established guidelines.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report a detailed procedure for determining appropriate positivity criteria for a high-resolution quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry drug screening procedure.
  • To optimize drug identification efficiency and confidence in HRMS-based drug screening.

Main Methods:

  • Empirical data collection and analysis using commonly available software.
  • Development of a combined scoring approach weighting library match, mass error, retention time error, and isotope pattern difference.
  • Validation of a 169-compound drug screen on a high-resolution quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometer.

Main Results:

  • An optimized scoring approach, with 70% weight on library match and 10% each on mass error, retention time error, and isotope pattern difference, achieved 99.2% drug identification efficiency.
  • Demonstrated the critical role of library matching and robust product ion spectra in accurate compound identification.
  • The described method is adaptable to various HRMS platforms and software.

Conclusions:

  • Careful selection of error limits and positivity criteria enables HRMS instruments to produce high-quality, high-confidence results.
  • The optimized HRMS drug screening procedure can potentially reduce the need for confirmatory testing.
  • This empirical approach provides a practical framework for implementing reliable HRMS drug screening protocols.