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Table 2 System suitability testing specifications and results

From: Development and validation of a headspace GC-MS method to evaluate the interconversion of impurities and the product quality of liquid hand sanitizers

  

Retention Time

Area

USP tailing factor

Resolution

Compound

Day

(min)

RSD < 2.0%

RSD < 5%

< 2.0

RSD < 10.0%

> 2.0

Acetaldehyde

1

1.28

0.01

2.67

0.96

1.28

> 2.0

2

1.28

0.01

3.08

0.98

1.25

> 2.0

3

1.28

0.01

1.41

0.98

1.50

> 2.0

Methanol

1

1.33

0.01

1.45

1.44

2.14

> 2.0

2

1.33

0.01

1.74

1.50

1.68

> 2.0

3

1.33

0.01

2.05

1.50

2.43

> 2.0

Ethanol

1

1.81

0.00

1.39

1.03

2.28

> 2.0

2

1.81

0.00

1.82

1.07

2.59

> 2.0

3

1.81

0.00

1.65

0.99

3.20

> 2.0

Isopropanol

1

2.26

0.00

1.43

0.94

1.08

> 2.0

2

2.26

0.00

1.75

0.95

1.39

> 2.0

3

2.26

0.00

1.56

0.89

1.91

> 2.0

Benzene

1

4.13

0.00

1.43

0.76

0.40

> 2.0

2

4.13

0.00

1.47

0.78

1.30

> 2.0

3

4.13

0.00

2.44

0.77

1.82

> 2.0

Acetal

1

4.88

0.01

2.20

1.00

2.65

> 2.0

2

4.88

0.01

2.60

1.01

4.43

> 2.0

3

4.88

0.00

1.24

0.97

1.85

> 2.0