Stabilization of urine and blood in the doping control sealed containers after the addition by the kit manufacturers of stabilization agents

Project Title: Stabilization of urine and blood in the doping control sealed containers after the addition by the kit manufacturers of stabilization agents

Researcher: C. Georgakopoulos

Institution: Doping Control Laboratory, Athens, Greece

Year accepted: 2005

Summary: The aim of the study is the research for appropriate stabilisation agents to be added by the doping control kit container manufacturers during the manufacturing stage in the factory to the doping control kits in to order to suppress the active and microbial degradation process in urine and to protect the athlete’s red blood cell (RBC) population and protein degradation in blood matrices. The degradation processes are the effects of the unavoidable problematic storage conditions during transportation of the samples from the collection sites to the Accredited Laboratories.