Drug Control Centre
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The Drug Control Centre at King's College London was established in 1978 with the support of the former Sports Council, now UK Sport, to analyse samples collected from human sports competitors. UK Sport continues to support the Centre to assist with its anti-doping programme which covers events and training in the UK.
It is part of the Department of Forensic Science and Drug Monitoring in the School of Biomedical & Health Sciences.
It is part of the Department of Forensic Science and Drug Monitoring in the School of Biomedical & Health Sciences.
The Centre, as well as being accredited by WADA is also accredited by the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) as a testing laboratory, in accordance with ISO 17025. It was accredited to the ISO Guide 25 quality standard (the predecessor to ISO 17025) in February 1997. The Centre was the first International Olympic Committee/WADA accredited laboratory to achieve this distinction.
The range of sports covered by testing is very wide, from athletics to yachting. There are several hundred sporting governing bodies, many being affiliated to international federations, most of whom are now signatories to the WADA code.
The range of sports covered by testing is very wide, from athletics to yachting. There are several hundred sporting governing bodies, many being affiliated to international federations, most of whom are now signatories to the WADA code.
- World Anti-Doping Agency (http://www.wada-ama.org/)
- The Olympic Games (http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp)
- The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (http://www.ukas.com/)
- UK Sport (http://www.uksport.gov.uk)