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Table 5 Comparative recovery percentage of spiked wipe samples at varied storage conditions: (1) −20 °C and (2) on SPE cartridges at room temperature (20 °C) and protected from light

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

 

Wipe samples stored at −20 °C

Wipe samples stored on SPE cartridges at room temperature (20 °C)

Paired t test p valuea

Antineoplastic drug

Mean recovery ± SD %

Mean recovery ± SD %

0.738

Ifosfamide

96.6 ± 9.9

97.3 ± 4.1

 

Cyclophosphamide

97.1 ± 6.6

95.1 ± 4.4

 

Paclitaxel

96.4 ± 6.3

99.3 ± 8.8

 
  1. N = 27
  2. a95 % confidence interval