Summary pH, Pco2, and Po2 measurements have been made over a three-week period on General Diagnostics Blood GAS Control Ampoules and on a tonometered buffer system. The latter seems adequate as a precision and accuracy control of pH, Pco2, and Po2 measurements in a single solution. The former seems adequate as a precision control of these measurements, but, on the particular batch provided, mean values need to be determined within the customer's laboratory.
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