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Albany County approves purchase of Thermo Fisher drug‑testing analyzer for court programs

3859003 · June 18, 2025
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Summary

The county approved a capital purchase and service agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific to bring laboratory-grade drug testing in‑house for court-supervised programs; staff said it will improve accuracy and could reduce per‑test costs over time.

Albany County commissioners approved a purchase agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific for a drug‑testing analyzer intended for court‑supervised treatment programs.

County program staff said the analyzer will provide more reliable and quantitative results compared with the current presumptive‑cup tests and will include company setup and two to three days of onsite training. "This analyzer will give us significantly more reliable results, compared to the presumptive cups that we are…

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