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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 24, 143-145, Copyright © 1978 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Evaluation of the Harleco Micro CO2 system for measurement of total CO2 in serum or plasma

CW Lam and IK Tan

In the Harleco Micro CO2 System a volumetric procedure is used to measure total CO2 content in a small volume (0.10 ml) of serum or plasma. CO2 gas is released by mixing specimen and acid, either manually or with a "Micro CO2 Shaker." Within-batch CV's by manual and machine shakings were, respectively, 7.7 and 5.6% for a total CO2 value of 8 mmol/liter, decreasing to 2.0 and 1.4% for a value of 45 mmol/liter. Between-batch CV's were 8.0 and 7.1% at low total CO2, decreasing to 2.4 and 2.0% at high total CO2. Measurements were linear for values from 5 to 60 mmol/liter. Analytical recoveries at low and high concentrations were 97.7 to 98.9%. Correlation coefficients for results obtained with the Technicon "SMA Plus" autoAnalyzer and the Radiometer ABL 1 blood gas analyzer were 0.992 and 0.996, respectively. The Harleco Micro CO2 System appears to be a quick, reliable, and inexpensive method for measuring serum or plasma total CO2.




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