Resources

User instructions for collection kit:

Leaflet – User instructions

Published technical papers relating to Sensabues’ EB method

List – List of papers

FAQ:

List – Answers to frequently asked questions.

  FAQ List

Standard operating procedures (SOP) for sample preparation and lab analysis:

Document – send your request for SOP from this website’s  ‘CONTACT’ page.

Proof of concept, method characterisation and validation (prohibited substances in sports):

Paper – March 2019. ‘Does oral fluid contribute to exhaled breath samples collected by means of an electret membrane?’

  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/dta.2597 

Paper –  May 2017. ‘Expanding Analytical Options in Sports Drug Testing: Mass Spectrometric Detection of Prohibited Substances in Exhaled Breath’.

  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rcm.7903/epdf

Paper – Oct. 2016. ‘Sports drug testing using complementary matrices: Advantages and limitations.’

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27040951 

Method validation and application (drugs of abuse):

Paper – Oct 2017. ‘A liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry method to determine 28 non-volatile drugs of abuse in exhaled breath’.

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29059614

Paper – Mar 2015. ‘Method validation and application of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for drugs of abuse testing in exhaled breath’.

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25687804

Paper – Nov 2013. ‘Cannabinoids in Exhaled Breath following Controlled Administration of Smoked Cannabis’.

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537523/

Elsevier Connect:

Article – Researchers develop first fully validated method of detecting drugs of abuse in exhaled breath.

  https://www.elsevier.com/connect/hold-your-breath-drug-testing-just-got-more-advanced

NIDA Notes:

Article – Device detects marijuana in breath hours after smoking.

  http://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/nida-notes/2014/05/device-detects-marijuana-in-breath-hours-after-smoking

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537523/