I believe that WEQAS is intending to send out a
tonometered sample imminently to all its blood gas EQA
members.
Jan
--- Royle Chris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
Dear all,
> I had only a few replies to my previous questions on
> the above topic.
> It would seem that my suspicions were correct. There
> are only very few
> people out there using tonometry, and it may be a
> dying art, or an art that
> has become moribund.
> But one piece of really useful information that came
> about as a result of
> this posting is that a tonometer is still being
> manufactured in the USA (RNA
> Medical) and can be obtained in the UK from their
> agents Protech Medical
> (Jim Ashton 01457 852220). Usual disclaimers
> regarding this information.
> I am told that the Swedish laboratory accreditation
> / regulatory body
> (Swedac?) has prescribed the use of whole blood
> tonometry for IQC of blood
> gas analysers at least weekly, in addition to the
> use of "conventional"
> aqueous materials.
> I am told that users of tonometry regularly discover
> blood gas analyser
> problems that were not apparent using conventional
> IQC materials.
> Anyone out there prepared to share their
> experiences?
> Should we start a "bring back tonometry" campaign?
> Something for our EQA
> providers to think about as an educational issue
> perhaps?
> Or is NPT / blood gas analysis already such a big
> can of horrible worms that
> ignorance is bliss, so to speak.....
>
> Best wishes,
> Chris
>
> Chris Royle
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