Serum bicarbonate stability study at room temperature - influence of time to centrifugation and air exposure on bicarbonate measurement reported according to the CRESS checklist.
Vesna Šupak-SmolčićLucija FraninMihovil HorvatPavica ŠonjićRebeka SvatićDragana AntončićMerica AralicaDara MetznerMaja ŠimacLidija Bilić-ZullePublished in: Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine (2023)
Serum bicarbonate is stable for 4 h in closed uncentrifuged tubes, another 2 h in closed tubes after centrifugation, and is unstable within 1 h in opened tube.
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