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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2011 Mar 5;55(3):487–493. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2011.01.040

Table 6.

Stability of alfentanil and midazolam in human plasma.

Analyte Concentration (ng/ml) BenchTop (12 hours) Freeze-thaw (3 times) Autosampler (72hours) Long Term (12 months)

CV (%) Accuracy (%) CV (%) Accuracy (%) CV (%) Accuracy (%) CV (%) Accuracy (%)
Alfentanil 1 8.4 104 6.4 99.8 4.8 102 8.5 95.5
10 6.8 97.4 7.5 96.4 5.5 105 6.4 102
100 4.5 102 5.6 95.6 4.9 102 6.2 97.4
Midazolam 1 7.6 96.4 6.4 93.5 8.5 102 7.8 106
10 7.1 99.6 5.7 97.5 7.5 98.6 8.2 102
100 5.4 93.6 4.9 94.6 7.1 95.8 5.1 102