title: A sampling device for septum-sealed blood containers.
abstract: The device described replaces the sampling probe of any automatic diluter. It enables septum-sealed blood vials to be sampled without exposing the blood to the atmosphere, and dispenses the blood into sealed reaction vials. The advantages are that loss of volatiles in the sample and exposure of operators to open blood containers are eliminated.
authors.affiliation: Home Office Forensic Science Laboratory, Aldermaston, Berks RG7 4PN.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Isaacs
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dunnett
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000175:diagnosis; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol