ITC IRMA TruPoint Blood Analysis System - Manual (Page 45)

2.15
Patient Temperature
• The Patient Temperature option allows entry of
a patient temperature when performing a blood
gas test. A default temperature of 37°C auto-
matically displays if a patient ID is not entered,
or no previous blood gas results exist for a patient ID. Press next to accept
the temperature displayed or enter a new temperature and press next .
Patient Hemoglobin
• The Patient Hemoglobin (manual entry) feature
allows entry of a hemoglobin value to be used
in the BEb calculation when running a blood
gas test. Press
next to accept the hemoglobin
value displayed or enter a new value and press next .
Reference Range
• The Reference Range feature allows documen-
tation of the reference range group selected.
Select the reference range group and press
next .
Sample Type
• The Sample Type feature allows documentation
of the sample type collected. Press next to
accept the sample type displayed or enter a new
type and press
next .
Sample Site
• The Sample Site feature allows documentation
of the sample site. Press next to accept the
sample site displayed, enter a new site, or select
other to enter a one-to-twelve character
free-text sample site. Press next .
• If the sample site selected is Brachial, Femoral, or Radial, highlight “right”
or “left” and press next.
FIO
2
• If a blood gas test is being performed, and the
QA User has selected the Oxygen Therapy
setting FIO2 only, an FIO
2
value may be
entered. Press next to accept the FIO
2
displayed, or enter a new FIO
2
value. Press next .