Korean J Occup Environ Med.
1995 Oct;7(2):235-248.
Development of Urine CRM for the quality Control of Heavy Matal Determinations
- Affiliations
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- 1Inorganic Analytical Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Korea.
Abstract
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Urine certified reference material (CRM) has been developed to help clinical labolatories control analytical accuracy. Two levels of freeze-dried urine were prepared. The low level CRM was made from normal urine and the abnormal level CRM was prepared by spiking the normal urine with As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni and Pb. Urine reference materials were analyzed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) . Analyte elements were separated from matrix elements by using ion exchange resin and hydride generation. Isotope dilution method was employed to enhance analytical accuracy. Round robin test results are also presented which were carried out with 5 clinical laboratories.