Cost-effective smartphone-based reconfigurable electrochemical instrument for alcohol determination in whole blood samples

• Published in: Biosensors & bioelectronics Vol. 117; pp. 736 - 742
• Main Authors: Aymerich, Joan, Márquez, Augusto, Terés, Lluís, Muñoz-Berbel, Xavier, Jiménez, Cecilia, Domínguez, Carlos, Serra-Graells, Francesc, Dei, Michele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier B.V 15.10.2018
• Subjects: Alcohols - analysis; Alcohols - blood; Biosensing Techniques; Blood Alcohol Content; Blood Chemical Analysis - economics; Blood Chemical Analysis - instrumentation; Blood-alcohol concentration; Electrochemical Techniques; Electrodes; Horseradish Peroxidase; Humans; Lab-On-A-Chip Devices; Limit of Detection; Low-cost reusable point-of-care; Smartphone; Smartphone-based micro-potentiostat; Whole blood analysis; Smartphone-based micro-potentiostat; Blood-alcohol concentration; Whole blood analysis; Low-cost reusable point-of-care

The determination of ethanol intoxication in whole blood samples may open the opportunity for a precise and quick point-of-measurement in the ambit of medical emergency or law enforcement. In contrast with traditional techniques based on breath sampling, direct blood measurements present greater imm...