ABL800 FLEX Reference Manual 3. Optical measuring principles
Measurement and corrections, Continued
The uncorrected hemoglobin concentration, ctHb(sample), measured on capillary
or syringe samples is corrected as follows:
Corrections for
ctHb
Equation A:
dilcuv
FF
)tHb(sample
corr),tHb(sample
c
c =
where:
ctHb(sample,corr)
= corrected ctHb
F
cuv
= Analyzer-dependent constant determined at tHb
calibrations and automatically stored by the analyzer
F
dil
= Analyzer dependent constant determined during tests
against the reference method, which corrects for Hb
dilution in the different aspiration modes.
ABL8XX
FLEX
Mode F
dil
Equation
35/25/15 S195
1.0000
A
S95 0.9630 A
S85 1.0050 A
C95 0.9630 A
C55 0.9220 A
C35OXI 0.9570 A
*FM (no message) 1.0110 A
*FM (message 874) 0.9630 A
*FM (message 873) 0.9630 A
*FM (message 872) 0.9490 A
*FM (message 871) 0.9440 A
*FM (message 870) 0.9230 A
*FM (message 869) 0.9230 A
*FM = FLEXMODE
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