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Siemens Critical Care Analysers SOP
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D Harrison
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03/08/09
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TO PERFORM A SAMPLE
ANALYSIS ON THE LABO
RATORY BASED SIEMENS
1200
SERIES ANALYSERS
Specimen requirements
Blood freshly drawn
into a heparinised syringe, all air expelled prior to
capping and mixing by rotation between the palms of the hands to disperse heparin. Samples for Blood
Gas analysis must be packed with crushed ice & water for transport to the laboratory. The sample mus
t
be accompanied by a fully completed laboratory request form and the sample must be labelled with the
patient demographics. Transport to the laboratory
must not
be via the pneumatic tube system, any that
do arrive by this mechanism must be reported as uns
uitable for analysis.
Only syringes supplied for taking of Blood Gas Analysis
MUST be used
. Use of heparin other than
that used in these syringes may give erroneous results and/or damage the analyser.
Other body fluids may be analysed e.g.
Pleural fluid
s for pH, however they must be centrifuged prior to
analysis to remove all particulate matter and potential clots,
Analysis procedure
The sample should be booked into Telepath prior to analysis if duplicate
sample records are to be avoided.
1.
Mix the sa
mple by rotating between the palms of the hands for 30 seconds immediately prior to
analysis.
2.
Check
-
that the analyser is in the ready mode (visible top LH corner of screen). If it is calibrating or
purging, wait until complete *
DO NOT CANCEL
*. Enter your
password/
PIN Locate the sample
on the Lue
r fitting and press the
GREEN
arrow in the bottom RHS of screen. Wait until prompted
by the analyser before removing sample. The data entry screen will be displayed and must be
completed according to the following
protocol:
-
PATIENT ID
Full unit number
As entered into Telepath, this is best entered usin
g the bar
-
code reader. If an RQ6
number the analyser will retrieve the patient
s information from the server
(this may be entered before
analysis, option 1 on analyser using the bar
-c
ode reader)
ACCESSION NUMBER
Laboratory nu
mber
-
As on the Bar
-code label, the CARD ONLY
bar code may be used to input this.
LOCATION
Requesting unit or ward
TEMPERATURE
If the patients temperature is entered the analyser w
ill produce temperature corrected pH, pCO
2
, & PO
2
.
In no temperature is entered the default is 36.4
FiO2
Enter the patients inspired oxygen. As percent (if known) N.B.
On air = 21
OPERATOR
THIS WILL CONTAIN YOUR NAME or UNIQUE ID NUMBER, AND IS DEPENDENT ON YOUR
PASSWORD.
IT CANNOT BE ALTERED.!!
