[Rapid and automatic acquisition and transmission of acid-base equilibrium parameters in a clinical biology laboratory (author's transl)]

The "pH-blood gas" department of our clinical biology laboratory was organized to meet rapidly and in the most reliable conditions possible the numerous and urgent analytical demands that had been confronting us. The structure was set up, therefore, in order to accelerate the speed at which blood samples could be transferred and make it possible to quickly and reliably obtain and transmit the results of the analyses. These necessities were satisfied thanks to the installation of a pneumatic tube allowing the rapid transfer of syringes, the utilization of automatic analysers, and the installation of a data processing system.