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Marc Luginbühl1, Stefan Gaugler1
1CAMAG DBS Laboratory, Muttenz, Switzerland.
Drug Testing and Analysis
|November 17, 2020
Abstract:
The perspective discusses quantitative DBS analysis for anti-doping testing in an athletic population and why only using volumetric sampling for this subgroup might not be enough. It presents examples to highlight where HCT variations occur, followed by a whole blood to plasma ratio and an HCT extraction bias discussion. Finally, options to correct for the HCT bias are presented.
