Pretreatment of whole blood using hydrogen peroxide and UV irradiation. Design of the advanced oxidation process

► A new process using H2O2 and UV irradiation to pretreat blood samples. ► Investigation of the effect of pH on the AOP process and kinetics of the pretreatment. ► Photon flux from the UV lamp as the rate limiting process. ► Determination of metal concentrations in the pretreated blood samples.