Table 2.
Geometric mean (GM) concentrations of select organic environmental chemicals leached from various human specimen collection and storage devices in 100% methanol (N = 1020).
| Typea | mEPb | mIBP/mBP | mEHP | DNBP/DIBP | DPhP | TEP | TNBP/TIBP | TCEP | TPhP | TBOEP | BADG-2H2O | MeP | EtP | PrP | BP-3 | BPA | BPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ng/mL | |||||||||||||||||
| 1-mL cryovials | 0.37 | 11 | 0.65 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.13 | ||||||||||
| 2-mL cryovials | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||
| 2-mL cryovials, ext | |||||||||||||||||
| 3-mL cryovials | 0.04 | 2.81 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 1.6 | |||||||||
| 10-mL cryovials | |||||||||||||||||
| 18g needle | 0.02 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21g needle | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.42 | 0.08 | 0.13 | |||||||||||
| 22g needle | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.51 | 0.02 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||
| 23g needle | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.07 | BDL0 | 0.10 | ||||||||
| centrifuge tube | 0.04 | ||||||||||||||||
| collection bottle | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 1.2 | 0.01 | 0.04 | |||||||||
| cotton pad | 14 | 2.9 | 0.67 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 13 | 7.2 | 0.46 | 1.2 | |||||
| fine tip transfer pipette | 1.90 | 1.62 | 1.4 | 0.96 | |||||||||||||
| k2edta tube | 0.06 | ||||||||||||||||
| syringe | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |||||||||||||
| redtop serum tube | 0.06 | 0.02 | |||||||||||||||
| smco Specimen Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| toilet hat | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |||||||||||||
| transfer pipette | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | |||||||||||||
| ng/sample | |||||||||||||||||
| biohazard bag | 8.76 | 4.87 | 21.61 | 17000 | 12 | 89 | 0.76 | 38 | 1.4 | ||||||||
| biohazard specimen gag | 1.67 | 110 | 3.3 | 0.40 | 3.43 | 0.32 | 1.1 | 0.34 | |||||||||
| leakproof bag | 0.77 | 330 | 4.6 | 0.68 | 4.53 | 0.88 | 0.17 | 2.1 | 1.1 | ||||||||
| diaper | 3.4 | 3.81 | 5.7 | 10 | 1.5 | 7.7 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.06 | 4.9 | 3.0 | ||||||
| glove | 0.99 | 82 | 53 | 0.58 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.45 | 1.6 | |||||||||