1.0 ml recommended fill volume for safePICO syringe. 0.7ml is minimum and 1.5 mL is maximum. Mix well and run within 30mins.

5 minutes for a single cartridge. 1 hour for a box of cartridges. Ensure you write down the room temp expiry date on the pouch. Write down DD/MM/YYYY and initial.

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Sending blood gas on ice is no longer required or recommended.

Samples must be transported to the laboratory within 30 minutes of collection for analysis. Appropriately packaged samples (i.e. no ice) may be sent through a pneumatic chute to the laboratory.

Collect blood directly onto a heparinised syringe, anaerobically collected, i.e. no air space should be left in the syringe after collection. Mix well.

Transport sample to the laboratory immediately. If samples are left at room temperature for an extended period, the pH and pO₂ fall and the pCO₂ rises due to cellular metabolism.

Measuring Haemoglobin on POCT devices requires a well mixed whole blood sample. Mix the Li Heparin (i-STAT) or EDTA (Hemoscreen) well before analysis.

Was there a delay in testing the Chem8 cartridge? Did you mix the sample well?

We recommend figure 8 mixing action 20 times.