Why does ionized calcium need to be on ice?

Nurses General Nursing

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Hey all,

I've been drawing a lot of icals the last few nights, and I just got to wondering why it needs to be stuck in ice right away. Anybody know?

Specializes in CCRN, ALS, BLS, PALS.

it is to prevent anaerobic metabolism. If left room temp, the value would be lower than expected.

Specializes in Neuroscience/Brain and Stroke.

Our hospital doenst require it on ice anymore, just STAT delivery to the lab.

Specializes in Oncology.

I wonder if there's different ways to analyze it. Ours aren't stat or on ice. Also, what's normal for your's? Ours we want right around 1.20, but I had a student RN who works as an LPN at a different hospital recently say their values were way different.

Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

We don't put ours on ice either. I have never put them on ice.

I wonder if there's different ways to analyze it. Ours aren't stat or on ice. Also, what's normal for your's? Ours we want right around 1.20, but I had a student RN who works as an LPN at a different hospital recently say their values were way different.

We're happy with 1.01

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