| Literature DB >> 8530562 |
F L Cardinali1, J M McCraw, D L Ashley, M Bonin, J Wooten.
Abstract
Vacutainers that are routinely used for blood collection contain significant amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These VOCs interfere with the low parts-per-trillion analysis of VOCs in whole blood either by causing false positives or by masking the presence of VOCs because of high background levels. Benzene, bromoform, ethylbenzene, m/p-xylene, o-xylene, styrene, and various hydrocarbons are the most significant sources of VOC contamination present in the vacutainers. A method of removing VOCs from 10-mL gray-top vacutainers is presented. This method uses a combination of heat and vacuum to reduce the VOCs to levels compatible with low parts-per-trillion analysis of VOCs in whole blood.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 8530562 DOI: 10.1093/chromsci/33.10.557
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chromatogr Sci ISSN: 0021-9665 Impact factor: 1.618