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ACCOUNT EXPERIENCING GETTING DISCREPANT BICARBONATE (CO2) RESULTS FOR MULTIPLE PATIENT SAMPLES. THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES WERE PROVIDED: PATIENT 1, INITIAL RESULT GAVE 8 MMOL/L; REPEAT GAVE 26 MMOL/L. PATIENT 2, INITIAL RESULT GAVE 19 MMOL/L; REPEATED ON ANOTHER ANALYZER-SAME METHODOLOGY GAVE 29 MMOL/L. PATIENT 3, INITIAL RESULT GAVE 11 MMOL/L; REPEAT GAVE 20 MMOL/L. IN 2008: PATIENT 4, INITIAL RESULT GAVE 9 MMOL/L; REPEAT GAVE 22 MMOL/L. ON THE NEXT DAY: PATIENT 5, INITIAL RESULT GAVE 20 MMOL/L; REPEAT GAVE 29 MMOL/L. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY: PATIENT 6, (MALE), INITIAL RESULT GAVE 8 MMOL/L; REPEATED TWICE GAVE 8 AND 21 MMOL/L. PATIENT 7, INITIAL RESULT GAVE 7 MMOL/L; REPEAT GAVE 22 MMOL/L. PATIENT 8, INITIAL RESULT 10 MMOL/L, REPEAT 25 MMOL/L. ERRONEOUS RESULTS WERE NOT REPORTED. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATION WILL BE PROVIDED.