Abbott AEROSET - Magnesium; Units Conversion

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL
Not for Customer Distribution Assays/Reagents
AEROSET
®
System Troubleshooting Guide 149
94816-107—November 2004
Magnesium
Units Conversion
Current assay configuration settings for the Magnesium assay
provide mEq/L as conventional units and mmol/L as
international (SI) units. If magnesium values will be reported
in mg/dL units, edits to assay configuration parameters and
Magnesium calibrator values are required. Editing the
reporting units does not automatically convert the appropriate
parameters.
In the Abbott Clinical Chemistry Iron/Magnesium calibrator
package insert, calibrator values for the Magnesium assay are
provided in mEq/L and mmol/L units. The calibrator vial lists
Magnesium units in mEq/L only, due to limited area available
on the vial label. Package inserts will be revised at a later date
to include values for mg/dL; these values are listed in the
following table.
When converting units for an assay, the following parameters
must be edited, if applicable, using the appropriate conversion
factor.
• Calibrator Values
•Panic Range
• Min and Max Values
• Reference Range
•Linear Range
• Qualitative Range
• Control Means
mEq/L mmol/L mg/dL
Magnesium Calibrator Value
CAL 1
1.00.501.2
Magnesium Calibrator Value
CAL 2
4.02.004.9