Carbon Monoxide
* This volume does not allow for repeat testing
Venous specimen
All extra air must be expelled at collection from syringe
Remove needle from syringe before submitting to the laboratory
Whole Blood in a Green Top Tube - Li Heparin
* This volume does not allow for repeat testing
Venous specimen
All extra air must be expelled at collection from syringe
Remove needle from syringe before submitting to the laboratory
Whole Blood in a Green Top Tube - Li Heparin
Non-smokers and light smokers (1-2 packs a day): 0.5% - 5.0%
> 10%
Due to the tube manufacturing process, falsely elevated CO values may be seen when a lithium heparinized (Dark Green) vacutainer tube is utilized. Because of this a vacutainer is an unacceptable specimen for CO testing.
CO testing alone does not require the use of ice for specimen transport, but the value will be unaffected by iced transport of the specimen, if needed for other shared blood gas testing.
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