jschlosser Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Our phlebotomist will sometimes draw samples from an artery with a butterfly when ABGs are ordered along with other labs. We are concerned with the empty space in the vacutainer tubes even if filled to the recommended draw volume. Just wondering what other labs may do in this situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Needs ☆ Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 From an artery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jschlosser Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Needs ☆ Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Ouch! I don't think that the empty space would alter your results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auntie-D Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 We had a comment that there was a bubble and results should be interpreted with caution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galvania Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Is ABG short for Arterial Blood gases? If so, and this is pure guesswork, I can imagine that an air bubble might interfere with the results if the ration bubble/blood was big enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Needs ☆ Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Sorry! Ignore both of my posts on this topic. I got completely the wrong end of the stick. Auntie-D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesd3 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Respiratory does blood gasses now but when we did them we would draw all labs from the artery along with the ABG. There was some correlation performed sometime before I came here so I assume that they correlated. We just threw away a drawer full of glass blood gas syringes. Some of the old tech that were here when I first came here said they washed/autoclaved and reused the syringes and would resharpen needles.. wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMILLER Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Pretty sure that any type of headspace, even vacuum, is going to cause problems with the CO2 result. You need to consistantly follow manufacturer's recomendations here or otherwise have a study that shows tubes are equivalent to syringes for ABGs Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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