Anion gap (K+)
1.0 ml blood in an adult blood gas syringe or 0.5 ml in a paediatric blood gas syringe
Remove at least 3 ml of blood to waste prior to collecting the blood sample from a line
0.5 ml blood in a paediatric blood gas syringe
Biochemistry and POCT
Mon - Sun, 24hrs
30 minutes.
Calculated - blood gas analyser
mmol/L
10-20 mmol/L
0.3 ml collected into a paediatric blood gas syringe
AGBGPOT
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