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Table 7 Wipe sample extraction repeatability and reproducibility (precision)

From: Accessible analytical methodology for assessing workplace contamination of antineoplastic drugs in limited-resource oncology health-care settings

Antineoplastic drug

Type of sample

Relative standard deviation (%)

Intra-daya

Inter-dayb

Ifosfamide

LCS

1.6

1.3

PQC

1.9

2.0

PQC + SPE

1.7

2.1c

Cyclophosphamide

LCS

1.4

1.9

PQC

2.2c

1.8

PQC + SPE

1.5

1.7

Paclitaxel

LCS

1.5

1.8

PQC

1.9

2.0

PQC + SPE

1.7

2.3c

  1. LCS laboratory control sample, PQC performance quality control sample, SPE solid-phase extraction
  2. aAnalyzed on the same day (N = 3)
  3. bAnalyzed on five different days (N = 15)
  4. cValues out of acceptance criterion