What media are used to calibrate a blood gas analyzer's gas electrodes?

a. Standard pH buffer solutions
b. Bloodlike control media
c. Precision mixtures of O2 and CO2
d. Tonometered human blood samples

ANS: C
In most units, the media used to calibrate the gas electrodes are precision mixtures of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

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