Claims
- 1. A panel of quality control reagents to control for from about 5 to about 20 analytes, wherein one of said analytes is pO.sub.2, said panel consisting of as few reagents as practicable, wherein each reagent is in a separate zero headspace container;
- wherein one of said reagents is an all-inclusive formulation having a pH range of from about 6.4 to about 7.4, a pO.sub.2 value in a predetermined range .+-.4 mmHg, wherein said value is from about 20 mmHg to about 75 mmHg, and glucose at a specified value selected from a range of about 10 mg/dL to about 80 mg/dL, and comprises dyes to simulate tHb and CO--Ox fractions, said dyes simulating a tHb concentration of from about 5 g/dL to about 11 g/dL; and
- wherein other reagents within the panel also control for pO.sub.2 at a specified value in a predetermined range .+-.4 mmHg, wherein said value is from 80 mmHg to 600 mmHg, and do not comprise glucose or dyes to simulate tHb and CO--Ox fractions.
- 2. The panel of quality control reagents according to claim 1 wherein the pO.sub.2 value of said all-inclusive formulation is from about 25 mmHg to about 70 mmHg.
- 3. The panel of quality control reagents according to claim 5 wherein said pH range of said all-inclusive formation is from about 6.8 to about 7.3; said glucose concentration is from about 30 mg/dL to about 60 mg/dL; and said dyes simulate a tHb concentration of from about 6 g/dL to about 10 g/dL.
- 4. The panel of quality control reagents according to claim 3 wherein said pH range of said all-inclusive formation is from about 7.1 to about 7.2; said glucose concentration is from about 30 mg/dL to about 60 mg/dL; and said dyes simulate a tHb concentration of from about 7 g/dL to about 9 g/dL.
- 5. The panel of quality control reagents according to claim 4 which controls from about 12 to about 20 analytes.
- 6. The panel of quality control reagents according to claim 1 wherein the pO.sub.2 value of said all-inclusive formulation is from about 30 mmHg to about 60 mmHg.
- 7. The panel of quality control reagents according to claim 1 which consists of five reagents.
- 8. The panel of quality control reagents according to claim 1 wherein said pH, pCO.sub.2, pO.sub.2, electrolytes, tHb and CO--Ox fractions, and metabolites, except for urea-and creatinine, are monitored using three reagents.
- 9. The panel of quality control reagents according to claim 1 wherein analytes selected from the group consisting of hematocrit, creatinine and urea are monitored using two reagents.
- 10. The panel of quality control reagents according to claim 1 wherein the all-inclusive formulation comprises MOPS at 30 mmol/L, NaOH at 25 mmol/L, NaHCO.sub.2 at 20 mmol/L, NaCl at 75 mmol/L, KCl at 3.4 mmol/L, CaCl.sub.2 at 3 mmol/L, Li.sup.+ lactate at 3 mmol/L, glucose at 2.8 mmol/L, citric acid at 2 mmol/L, sulforhodamine B at 0.49 g/L, Mordant Yellow 7 at 0.25 g/L, FD&C Blue 1 at 0.003 g/L, a surfactant at 0.05 g/L, and a biocide at 0.5 g/L.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/740,410 (filed Oct. 29, 1996), now U.S. Pat. No. 5,780,302 issued Jul. 14, 1998 and which declares priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/006,742 (filed Nov. 2, 1995), which is now abandoned. Priority from those two U.S. patent applications is claimed for this application under 35 USC .sctn. 120.
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