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About the Lab
The Anesthesiology Research Laboratory is equipped with a Hewlett
Packard Gas Chromatograph (GC). It is fully automated using the
latest version of Millennium32 chromatography software from Waters
Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts). The GC houses a flame ionization
detector (FID) and a nitrogen phosphorous detector (NPD). The GC
is currently set up to detect local anesthetics (Bupivacaine, Lidocaine,
Mepivacaine, Prilocaine and Ropivacaine) and neuromuscular blocking
drugs. Both use the NPD collector for detection.
The Millennium32 software is also employed to control
the laboratory's two High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
systems, also by Waters Corporation. At the present, the lab is
set up to quantitate levels of catecholamines and serotonins. Both
systems use an electrochemical detector for analyses.
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