Characterization of Standardized Breath Sampling for Off-line Field Use

Abstract

Due to several sources of potential variability associated with exhaled breath bag sampling procedures for off-line analysis, the Respiration Collector for in vitro Analysis (ReCIVA) sampler was developed. Although designed to improve upon several pitfalls of sampling with exhaled breath bags, the ReCIVA remains a minimally studied research tool. In this manuscript, several attributes of the ReCIVA sampler are investigated among three individual tests, such as background contamination, control software version, performance of different adsorbent tubes, duplicate sample production, and comparison to exhaled breath bags.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 16, 2019
Accession Number
AD1094357

Entities

People

  • Alexander M. Scott
  • Brian A. Geier
  • Christina N. Davidson
  • Elizabeth M. Hill
  • Grant M. Slusher
  • Jennifer A. Martin
  • Kraig E. Strayer
  • Leslie A. Drummond
  • Maomian Fan
  • Megan L. Steele
  • Michael C Brothers
  • Nicole M. Schaeublin
  • Rhonda L. Pitsch
  • Sean W. Harshman
  • Taylor L. Wiens
  • Zachary K. Smith

Organizations

  • Universal Energy Systems

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adsorbents
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Calibration
  • Contamination
  • Desorption
  • Experimental Design
  • Flow Rate
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Isoprene
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Organic Compounds
  • Respiration
  • Spectrometry
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Software Engineering.