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HelpEPIC CODE: LAB79 Blood Gas, Venous
Additional Codes
Sunquest: VBG
REGIONAL HOSPITAL PERFORMING
UnityPoint Health Methodist
UnityPoint Health Pekin
UnityPoint Health Proctor
Collect
Collect: Sodium or Lithium Heparin anticoagulant, non-gel, full tube
Unacceptable Collections:
Clotted specimens, insufficient quantity, wrong anticoagulant or contaminated, gross hemolysis, uncapped or centrifuged.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Stability: (storage/transport temperature)
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Immediately at room temperature. Must be tested within 30 minutes from collection. |
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Ambient (room temperature) |
30 min |
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Refrigerated 2-8° C |
unacceptable |
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Frozen (-20° C) |
Unacceptable |
Storage/Transport Temperature:
Immediately at room temperature. Must be tested within 30 minutes from collection
Notes:
Tube must remain capped and delivered immediately. It is important that syringes or green top tube be filled completely to minimize dilution and/or heparin effects. Do not centrifuge specimen.
Resulting
| Critical | |||
| pH | 7.31 - 7.41 | <7.2 and >7.6 | |
| pCO2 | 41 - 51 | mmHg | |
| pO2 | 30 - 40 | mmHg | |
| HCO3 | 23 -29 | mmol/L | <10 and >50 |
| Base excess/deficient | -3 - 3 | mmol/L |
Ordering
Days Performed: Sunday - Satuday
Methodology: Potentiometry
Reported: Immediately
CPT
82805