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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

A 'Dilute and Shoot' Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method for Multiclass Drug Analysis in Pre-Cut Dried Blood Spots.

Lucia Mainero Rocca, Nunziata L'Episcopo, Andrea Gordiani, Matteo Vitali, Alessandro Staderini

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lucia Mainero RoccaChemical Agents Laboratory, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL)-, Via Fontana Candida 1, Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4034-8322
Nunziata L'EpiscopoChemical Agents Laboratory, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL)-, Via Fontana Candida 1, Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy.
Andrea GordianiChemical Agents Laboratory, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL)-, Via Fontana Candida 1, Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy.
Matteo VitaliDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Rome La Sapienza, P.le Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1001-6343
Alessandro StaderiniChemical Agents Laboratory, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL)-, Via Fontana Candida 1, Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy.
Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drugs able to affect the auditory and nervous systems and consumed by workers to treatdifferent pathologies can represent a possible source of risk in the work environment. All the target compounds involved in the presented project show ototoxic and/or narcoleptic side effects and, for these reasons, occupational safety organizations have recognized them as potential causes of work injuries. A multiclass method for the analysis of 15 drugs among the most widespread worldwide (belonging to nine different classes including antihistamines, beta-blockers, antidepressants, Z-drugs and opioids), was developed and validated. This study describes a rapid, sensitive and effective method to analyse these substances in whole blood using tailored pre-cut dried blood spots. Detection was achieved with a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer after an easy and simple 'dilute and shoot' solubilisation followed by an UPLC separation. All the issues linked to the use of the dried blood spots and whole blood, such as haematocrit variability, volumetric evaluation and sample carrier choice were carefully studied and managed during method development. From the validation study results it emerged that this approach can be deemed successful thanks to its few pg µL

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Pharmaceutical PreparationsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidChromatography, LiquidDried Blood Spot TestingHumansMass SpectrometryReproducibility of ResultsPharmaceutical Preparationsdilute and shootototoxic drugspre-cut dried blood spotssleep inducersUPLC-MS/MSwhole blood analysiswork safety

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PMID33809736
PMCPMC8002310
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