CARBOXY-HEMOGLOBIN, WHOLE BLOOD

Method, Reference values Modification

Test code: 517

Mnemonic code: CARBO

Effective update from 05/08/2024

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Method: Spectrophotometry        Reference values: Non smokers : Less than 1.5 % Smokers : Less than 9.0 % Toxicity : More than 20.0 % V.L.B. (End of shift)for Carbon Monoxide : 3.5 % B.E.I. (End of shift)for Carbon Monoxide : 3.5 %                   Version of Test: 3

Method: Spectrometry Reference values: Non smokers(*): Less than 1.0 % Smokers    (*): Less than 6.0 - 8.0 % Toxicity  (**): More than 17.0 % Exposure to carbon monoxide in blood at the end of the shift (***): VLB (INSHT) in blood: <3.5% BEI (ACGIH) in blood: <3.5% Limit of quantification: <0.1 %      Source: (*)Estudio de la oxigenación e interpretación de la gasometría arterial- SEQC (revisión 2014)             (**)Schulz, A. Schmoldt, H. Andresen-Streichert, S. Iwersen-Bergmann. Revisited: Therapeutic and toxic blood concentrations of more than 1,100 drugs and other xenobiotics. Critical Care 2020 (***)Límites de Exposición profesional para agentes químicos en España- INSHT American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists- ACGIH       Version of Test: 4

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