Directions For

Your Partner in
Remediation Success Collecting Indoor and
Outdoor Air Samples
with the Waterloo
Membrane Sampler™

Sample Reception
Eurofins Air Toxics, Inc.

180 Blue Ravine Road, Suite B 130 Research Lane, Suite 2

Folsom, California, 95630 Guelph, ON N1G 5G3
Ph: 916-985-1000 Ph: (519) 822-2265
Toll Free: 800-985-5955 Toll Free: 1-866-251-1747
 Directions for collecting indoor and outdoor air samples with WMS™ sampler

Overview
White cap

Teflon tape seal

The WMS TM
The sampler is shipped in a thermally sealed polycoated aluminum pouch (Fig. 1) to
Sampler is a prevent exposure to contaminant during shipping. The pouch should not be opened
simple, effective until the sampler is to be deployed. The pouch contains (Fig. 2):
WMS™
means to a) A WMSTM sampler inside a 20 mL glass vial. The 20 mL glass vial is wrapped
sampler

measure VOC in aluminum foil and placed inside a bubble wrap bag. The 20 mL glass vial Minipak

also contain a carbon pack (“Minipax”) to scavenge fugitive vapors.

concentrations in
ambient air or in b) A wire hanger for deploying the WMSTM sampler.
soil gas. c) A package containing approximately ten feet of nylon line to aid in deploying Figure 4: WMS™ sampler inside Figure 5: Aligning WMS™ sampler in wire hanger Figure 6: Bending wire to insert WMS™ sampler
20 mL glass vial
the WMSTM sampler and TeflonTM tape to re-seal the glass vial after the sample
has been collected and the WMSTM sampler has been returned to the 20 mL
glass vial.
WMS™ Deployment
1 Tear or cut open pouch above the zip-lock seal. Remove glass vial from
bubble pack and remove aluminum foil wrap. Remove TeflonTM tape from
open open glass vial, unscrew cap and remove WMSTM sampler (Fig. 4).
Figure 3: Close-up of sampler
membrane
2 Hold WMSTM sampler upside down (Fig. 5) and insert into wire hanger
by pushing the end of the wire hanger to one side to allow access to the
center of the wire hanger coil (Fig. 6). Once inserted, the WMSTM sampler
will sit approximately half-way down in the wire hanger, with several coils
of wire underneath the bottom of the WMSTM sampler to protect the Figure 7: Deployed WMS™ sampler with line
sampling end of the WMSTM sampler. The other end of the wire hanger
positions over the center of the wire hanger coil to prevent the WMSTM
sampler from inadvertently being dislodged from the wire hanger during
Membrane deployment, sampling or retrieval.

Figure 1: WMS™ sampler shipping pouch 3 Hang the WMSTM sampler at the desired location using the wire loops at
the top of the wire hanger, with the membrane facing downwards (Fig.
7). The nylon line can be used to reach an object from which to hang the
WMSTM sampler, if needed. Do not disturb WMSTM sampler until retrieval.
a) b) c)

4 Record sample ID, start date and time on pouch label using a pen (not a
marker).

Figure 8: Removing WMS™ sampler from wire

5 At the end of the sampling period, remove the WMSTM sampler from the
wire hanger by holding the wire hanger upside down and pushing the end hanger
of the wire hanger to one side and allowing the WMSTM sampler to slide
out (Fig. 8).
Do not store/use WMSTM samplers near volatile chemical sources

Figure 2: Contents of sampler shipping pouch

including perfume, felt markers, etc. and avoid touching the
WMSTM sampler membrane (Fig 3). 6 Remove the MiniPax from the 20 mL glass vial, and put it in the aluminum
pouch (Fig. 9). Return WMSTM sampler to the glass vial, replace the cap
and seal with TeflonTM tape. Aluminum foil around glass vial does not
need to be replaced. Put vial in bubble pack, place in aluminum pouch
and seal. Record stop date and time on pouch label.

7 Complete chain of custody form and ship with samplers to Eurofins-Air

Toxics Ltd for analysis.

Figure 9: Re-packaging