Event
Moving Ever Closer to Tricorders- New Portable Tools to Screen FDA-Regulated Products
Event:
SCV ACS Local Section May Dinner Meeting
Schedule:
6-7pm Social Hour
7-8pm Dinner Hour
8-9pm Lecture
Registration Cost:
$30 regular
$15 Student
Lecture only is free
Title:
Moving Ever Closer To Tricorders
New Portable Tools to Screen FDA-Regulated Products
Speaker:
Peter T. Palmer, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Abstract:
As per its mission statement: FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. Up until now, much of the analytical work needed to ensure the safety of these products has been performed ipso facto (after people became sick) in a regulatory lab setting using the best available instrumentation to provide accurate results. This paradigm is slowly changing thanks to the introduction of new portable tools that enable rapid screening of products in a field setting such as a factory, import center, or mail facility. This presentation will review emerging tools including portable X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyzers, handheld Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectrometry (LIBS) analyzers, portable X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) systems, Gamma-ray spectrometers, UV/Vis/IR and Raman spectrometers, and Ion Mobility Spectrometers (IMS). It will also provide examples of how these tools can be used to monitor trace levels of toxic elements, radioactive species, and/or illegal/contaminated/counterfeit drugs. Many scientists and administrators dismiss these new devices as screening tools and prefer to rely on gold standard methods based on ICP-MS, GC/MS, and LC/MS/MS. The reality is that these new portable tools have an important niche, provide a much more efficient means to assess products, and can provide reliable qualitative and quantitative results in the hands of a trained user. This presentation will review these tools, their capabilities and limitations, and use in regulatory settings to find contaminated or potentially dangerous products.
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LocationMichael's at Shoreline Park (View)
2960 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA 94043
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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