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Using Restek Columns in Headspace GC or
GC/MS
Systems
By
Kristi Sellers, Clinical/ Forensic InnovationsChemist
• Use an Rtx®-BACl column or Rtx®-BAC2 column for GHB screening.
• Confirm and quantify positive GHB screens by using an Rxi™-Sms column.
• Fast, reliable screening; accurate confirmation and quantification.
In the last ten years, gamma-hydroxybut yrate (GHB) and its related products 1,4
butanediol and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) have been identifi ed as abused sub
stances in cases of driving un der the influence and drug facilitated sexual assault.
Currently, GHB is regulated as a federa lly contro lled Schedule I drug. The rise in
use of GHB and GHB-type products as recreational drugs is pr imarily due to
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