5. Performance characteristics ABL800 FLEX Reference Manual
Performance test results – pCO
2
, Continued
The bias and imprecision for expired air samples are as follows*:
Bias and
imprecision -
expired air
samples
pCO
2
(mmHg) Bias
ABL835/30/25/20/15/10/05
15 0.2
40
−0.2
60
−0.4
80
−0.2
150 1.6
pCO
2
(mmHg)
S
0
S
D
S
ABL
S
X
15 0.25 0.35 0.59 0.73
40 0.40 0.30 0.43 0.66
60 0.50 0.35 0.79 1.00
80 0.70 0.40 1.10 1.44
150 1.00 1.10 3.07 3.41
* The Expired air mode is unchanged in the ABL800 FLEX analyzers compared to
the ABL700 Series and, consequently was not re-tested for the ABL800 FLEX
analyzers.
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