Analysis of benzalkonium chloride in the effluent from European hospitals by solid-phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography with post-column ion-pairing and fluorescence detection

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 774, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 281-286

  Kümmerer, Klaus ^a   Eitel, Andreas ^a   Braun, Ulrich ^a   Hubner, Peter ^a   Daschner, Franz ^a   Mascart, Georges ^b   Milandri, Milena ^c   Reinthaler, Franz ^d   Verhoef, Jan ^e  

^a Hospital Epidemiology   (Germany)

^b Department of Clinical Pathology   (Belgium)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benzalkonium chloride; Derivatization, LC; Dimethoxyanthracene 2 sulfonate; Disinfectants; Fluorescence labelling; Hospital effluent; Quaternary ammonium compounds; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTHRACENES; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISINFECTANTS; EUROPE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HOSPITALS; SEWAGE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0342894768     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9673(97)00242-2     Document Type: Article

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