Oxygen Saturation, Venous, Measured(Blood Gas)

1 mL whole blood in 3cc syringe w/lyophilized heparin in BG Kit or SafePICO Collection Kit. PLEASE SPECIFY source. See Comments

Room Temperature/Refrigerated: 30 minutes

Frozen: NO

• Blood collection tubes are not acceptable.

• Deliver Immediately to Blood Gas lab. The time between specimen collection and analysis should not exceed 30 minutes.
• Syringes with needles attached will NOT be accepted.

• Blood Gas syringes may be obtained from Central Distribution.

• Oxygen saturation is a measure of the fraction of oxygenated hemoglobin in relation to the amount of hemoglobin capable of transporting oxygen. Oxygen saturation can be clinically misleading in the presence of dyshemoglobins such as carboxyhemoglobin and methemoglobin. This is because the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood will be decreased but the oxygen saturation will often remain within reference limits.