QC for blood gas analysers

Ensuring accuracy and precision of your measurements

Quality control is a reliable way of ensuring analyser performance as everything from inlet to waste is controlled in this process and assessed across lot changes by means of QC datalogs, QC statistics and Levey-Jennings plots.

QC measurements are automatically evaluated against calibration status, analyser malfunctions and QC control ranges and given a status accordingly to provide the operator with an overall analyser parameter status.

If a QC result is outside the control range, the analyser can repeat the QC measurement automatically attempting to remedy the situation. The parameter can also be automatically locked out requiring operator intervention.

The importance of blood gas and pH analysis

“Blood gas and pH analysis has more immediacy and potential impact on the patient care than any other laboratory determination. In blood gas analysis, an incorrect result can often be worse for the patient than no result at all.”

NCCLS Document C27-A, Approved Guideline, April 1993.