Pittcon 2009

Thanks everyone for stopping by our booth at Pittcon this week! We were excited by the turnout of our international guests and the interest in growing Environmental product line. Stay tuned to our blog for more updates on those products.

and last but no least - congratulations to the winner of the visa gift card!

(ACN) Acetonitrile-free analysis

We've been getting alot of inquires about alternatives to ACN with the current shortage.

On the whole, the majority of UCT methods (Opiates, Amphetamine type drugs, Cocaine related compounds, Weak acid/neutrals and Prescription drugs) do not require the employment of acetonitrile for producing high quality results in terms of chromatographic cleanness, high recoveries, and reproducibility. In those selected methods that include acetonitrile, (THC/ Carboxy THC in whole blood and urine), alternative organic solvents may be employed to precipitate the sample, as with the wash step. Elution is performed with Hexane/Ethyl Acetate solvent mixtures. Analysis such as benzodiazepines can de directly converted to a CSBNZ procedure which offers a lower acetonitrile wash step whilst providing the analytical facility with an ability to extract and analyze compounds such as 7-aminoclonazepam.

March 2009 = New UCT website

We finally went live with our new website (which i am sure you realize since you made it to our blog!) Please look around and check everything out. There are many new cool features that will help you, our end users, get the most from our products.

We would love to hear from you about ways we can improve it! You can fill out one of our forms or just send an email to feedback@.

More to come. This is only the beginning.