3. Optical measuring principles ABL800 FLEX Reference Manual
Measurement and corrections, Continued
Corrections for
ctHb (continued)
ABL8XX
FLEX
Mode F
dil
Equation
30/20/10 S85 1.0050 A
C55 0.9220 A
C35 OXI 0.9570 A
*FM (no message) 0.9570 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
The uncorrected total bilirubin concentration, ctBil(sample), measured on capillary
or syringe samples is corrected as follows:
Corrections for
ctBil
Equation A:
dilcuv
F F
e)tBil(sampl
corr)e,tBil(sampl
c
c =
where:
ctBil(sample,corr)
= corrected ctBil
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 ctBil
dilution in the different aspiration modes.
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