TOXI- Triage

In October 2018, Imspex/GAS were in Athens, involved in a full-scale field trial of ground breaking new technologies designed to improve the way the emergency services triage casualties following a chemical, biological, radioactive or nuclear (CBRN) incident taking place. Discover more about how the Breathspec® was used in this scenario… http://toxi-triage.eu/content/toxi-triage-focus-exercise Field Exercise Video The […]

TOXI – Triage – DISPERSE exercise

On 22nd May in Mikkeli, Finland, Imspex/GAS took part in the second TOXI- triage field exercise, DISPERSE. DISPERSE scenario simulated a chemical incident in a town centre. In this large-scale simulated CBRN incident TOXI‐triage’s technology and operational proposals have been evaluated. Handheld and drone mounted chemical and radiological detectors, breath analysis technologies, tag and trace […]

Leicester publication highlights Imspex and GC-IMS

Discriminatory Ability of Gas Chromatography–Ion Mobility Spectrometry to Identify Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 and Predict Prognosis….. ‘GC-IMS shows promise as both a diagnostic tool and a predictor of prognosis in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 and should be assessed further in larger studies.’ The publication presents the use of the Breathspec for COVID diagnostics and as […]

BreathSpec for VOC Trace Detection

BreathSpec: Gas Chromatograph- Ion Mobility Spectrometer for VOC Trace Detection The BreathSpec® is a combination of a classical gas chromatograph coupled to an ion mobility spectrometer (GCxIMS). Dual physical separation of volatile compounds together with the outstanding sensitivity of the IMS allows the detection and quantification of compounds in complex matrices down to the low […]

Breath Analysis and The Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotic resistance has become an ever-growing concern for society today due to its increasing effect on mortality and morbidity. For many years now there has been a huge reliance on antibiotics and hence over prescription by healthcare professionals, and this has ultimately led to the growing problem of antibiotics losing their effectiveness on […]