| abstract |
The method is a method of photometric in vitro determination of a blood gas parameter in a blood sample. The blood gas parameter is oxygen. The method comprises transferring the blood sample to a sample container with a transparent wall portion and with an inlet opening and otherwise being essentially sealed, said sample container incorporating a luminophor whose luminescence is quenched in the presence of oxygen, disposing the sample container in optical communication with an optical system comprising a radiation source and a radiation detector, transmitting radiation from the radiation source to the sample container to excite the luminophor, transmitting the luminescence emitted by the excited luminophor to the radiation detector, and detecting and registering the luminescence. A sample container and a system for photometric in vitro determination of oxygen in a blood sample is also described. <MATH> |