Portable Near Infrared spectroscopy (NIRs) coupled to chemometrics was investigated for the first time as a novel entirely on-site approach for occupational exposure monitoring in pharmaceutical field. Due to a significant increase in the number of patients receiving chemotherapy, the development of reliable, fast, and on-site analytical methods to assess the occupational exposure of workers in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products, has become more and more required. In this work, a fast, accurate, and sensitive detection of hydroxyurea, a cytotoxic antineoplastic agent commonly used in chemotherapy, was developed. Occupational exposure to antineoplastic agents was evaluated by collecting hydroxyurea on a membrane filter during routine drug manufacturing process. Spectra were acquired in the NIR region in reflectance mode by the means of a miniaturized NIR spectrometer coupled with chemometrics. This MicroNIR instrument is a very ultra-compact portable device with a particular geometry and optical resolution designed in such a manner that the reduction in size does not compromise the performances of the spectrometer. The developed method could detect up to 50 ng of hydroxyurea directly measured on the sampling filter membrane, irrespective of complexity and variability of the matrix; thus extending the applicability of miniaturized NIR instruments in pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis.

MicroNIR/chemometrics assessement of occupational exposure to hydroxyurea / Risoluti, R.; Materazzi, S.. - In: FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 2296-2646. - 6:JUN(2018). [10.3389/fchem.2018.00228]

MicroNIR/chemometrics assessement of occupational exposure to hydroxyurea

Risoluti R.
;
Materazzi S.
2018

Abstract

Portable Near Infrared spectroscopy (NIRs) coupled to chemometrics was investigated for the first time as a novel entirely on-site approach for occupational exposure monitoring in pharmaceutical field. Due to a significant increase in the number of patients receiving chemotherapy, the development of reliable, fast, and on-site analytical methods to assess the occupational exposure of workers in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products, has become more and more required. In this work, a fast, accurate, and sensitive detection of hydroxyurea, a cytotoxic antineoplastic agent commonly used in chemotherapy, was developed. Occupational exposure to antineoplastic agents was evaluated by collecting hydroxyurea on a membrane filter during routine drug manufacturing process. Spectra were acquired in the NIR region in reflectance mode by the means of a miniaturized NIR spectrometer coupled with chemometrics. This MicroNIR instrument is a very ultra-compact portable device with a particular geometry and optical resolution designed in such a manner that the reduction in size does not compromise the performances of the spectrometer. The developed method could detect up to 50 ng of hydroxyurea directly measured on the sampling filter membrane, irrespective of complexity and variability of the matrix; thus extending the applicability of miniaturized NIR instruments in pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis.
2018
Chemometrics; Hydroxyurea; MicroNIR; Occupational exposure; Pharmaceutics; Chemistry (all)
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MicroNIR/chemometrics assessement of occupational exposure to hydroxyurea / Risoluti, R.; Materazzi, S.. - In: FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 2296-2646. - 6:JUN(2018). [10.3389/fchem.2018.00228]
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