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