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. 2022 Nov 21;10(11):710. doi: 10.3390/toxics10110710

Table 2.

Summary of indoor air studies identifying the sample type, indoor air extraction methods, desorption methods, and detection methods.

Sample Type Air Extraction Method Media Desorption Detection Method State, Country Reference
Two former clandestine laboratories. Personal sampling pump (1.5 L/min flow rate) connected to a silica gel sorbent tube followed by glass fiber
filter in a clear styrene cassette.
15 mL methanol LC-MS
Agilent 1100 LC-MSD
Minnesota, USA Raynor and Carmody 2006 [40]
Suspected clandestine laboratories and controlled methamphetamine manufacture in abandoned structures using red phosphorus, hypophosphorous, phosphorus flake, and anhydrous ammonia methods. Personal sampling pump (2 L/min flow rate) with 37 mm sampling cassettes and acid-treated glass fiber filters. Method under development at time of paper publication. GC-MS
Make not specified
Colorado, USA Martyny et al. 2007 [12]
Controlled “smoking” of methamphetamine in a dwelling. Personal sampling pump (2 L/min flow rate) with acid-treated glass fiber filters. As specified in NIOSH draft method 9106, a method used for methamphetamine analysis on wipes by liquid-liquid extraction. GC-MS
Make not specified
Colorado, USA Martyny et al. 2008 [11]
Controlled methamphetamine manufacture in a home using a red phosphorus method. Personal sampling pump (2 or 2.5 L/min flow rate) with closed-face, acid-treated glass fiber filter cassette and with an aluminum cyclone filter cassette.
Sioutas Personal Cascade Impactor (9 L/min flow) with acid-treated glass fiber media.
As specified in NIOSH draft method 9106. GC-MS
Make not specified
Colorado, USA Van Dyke et al. 2008 [16]
Suspected former clandestine laboratories. Dynamic SPME field sampler coupled to an air sampling pump (sampling for 5–30 min at 1 L/min flow rate). SPME fiber introduced into GC inlet set at 250 °C. GC-MS
HP 6890 GC + HP 5973 MS Positive Ion Mode, 70 eV
New Zealand McKenzie, Miskelly and Butler 2013 [41,42], McKenzie 2014 [43] *
Contaminated home from known methamphetamine manufacture. Personal sampling pump (1 L/min flow rate) with ORBO™-49P (XAD®-2 resin) sampling tubes. Based on NIOSH method 9111, a method used for methamphetamine analysis on wipe samples. LC-MS
Agilent 1290 Infinity UHPLC system 6460/6470 Triple Quadrupole, LC-MS electrospray source
Australia Wright et al. 2021 [13]

Note: GC-MS = gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, LC-MS = liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, NIOSH = National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, SPME = solid phase microextraction, UHPLC = ultra-high performance liquid chromatography. * Three papers were identified but merged in this summary table as they were conducted by the same authors following similar methods.