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IDEXX VetStat® Electrolyte and Blood Gas Analyser Test Menu

Room-temperature storage cassettes are ready to use immediately, so you're prepared for anything

Sample Cassettes

Each lot of sample cassettes is calibrated during the manufacturing process. Each sample cassette package is then labelled with a bar code containing this calibration information, as well as its lot number and expiration date.

Choose from four single-use cassettes


Cassette		Tests

Electrolyte		Na⁺, K⁺, Cl^-

Fluid Therapy/Acid-Base		pH, PCO₂, HCO₃^-, anion gap, Na⁺, K⁺, Cl^-, tCO₂

Respiratory/Blood Gas		pH, PO₂, PCO₂, HCO₃^-, anion gap, Na⁺, K⁺, Cl^-

Ionised Calcium		Ca⁺⁺

Glucose		GLU

The sample cassette's bar code is read by swiping the cassette package through the bar-code reader. The sample cassette is then installed and an automatic calibration verification is performed using a precision gas mixture and the sample cassette's internal storage buffer.

Parameters

	Sample Type			Available Units		Dynamic Range
Parameter	Whole Blood	Plasma	Serum	Default	Other	(Default Units)
Na⁺	*	*	*	mmol/L		100-180
K⁺	*	*	*	mmol/L		0.8-10
Cl^-	*	*	*	mmol/L		50-160
Ca⁺⁺	*	*	*	mmol/L	mg/dL	0.2-3.0
pH	*	*	*	pH units		6.6-7.8
PCO₂	*	*	*	mmHg	kPa	10-200
PO₂	*			mmHg	kPa	10-700
Glucose	*	*	*	mg/dL	mmol/L	30-400
tCO₂*	*	*	*	mmol/L		1.0-200.0
HCO₃^-*	*	*	*	mmol/L		1.0-200.0
Anion gap*	*	*	*	mmol/L		3-30

*These parameters are calculated from parameters measured by the VetStat analyser.