Bicarbonate (standard)
Remove at least 3 ml of blood to waste prior to collecting the blood sample from a line. Must be analysed within 30 minutes of collection.
1.0 ml blood in an adult blood gas syringe or 0.5 ml in a paediatric blood gas syringe
0.5 ml blood in a paediatric blood gas syringe
Ambient
Biochemistry and POCT
Mon - Sun, 24hrs
30 minutes
Blood gas analyser - derived parameter
mmol/L
0 - 2 yrs 18-23 mmol/L, > 2 yrs 21-27 mmol/L
Cord Blood Arterial 18-28 mmol/L, Cord Blood Venous 17-26 mmol/L
0.3 ml collected into a paediatric blood gas syringe
BICS
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