Evaluation of automatic mixing versus manual mixing for point of care hemoglobin measurement

摘要

We compared hemoglobin results from manually mixed blood gas (BG) Portex syringes (Smiths Medical) and automatically mixed PICO BG syringes (Radiometer Medical) measured on the ABL90 FLEX blood gas analyzer at the Point of Care with a laboratory hematology analyzer (XN-series, Sysmex) to determine whether automatic mixing improved the accuracy and precision of hemoglobin measurement relative to the standardized method.