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PUBLICATIONS

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 956e Electrolytes in Frozen Human Serum

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Author(s)

Lee Yu, Steven Christopher, Regina Easley, Monique Johnson, Dennis Leber, Thomas Vetter, Jason Waters, Charles Barber, Karen Murphy, Laura Wood, Stephen Chin, Murli Narayan, Alexander Rhodes, Michael Nash

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standard Reference Material® (SRM®) 956e Electrolytes in Frozen Human Serum is intended for use in the calibration and validation of procedures and methods employed in clinical analysis for the determination of electrolytes in either diluted or undiluted human serum or plasma. This SRM can be used for calibrating direct-reading ion-selective electrode (ISE) analyzers, and for validating methods used to measure electrolytes in similar matrices. The material was produced commercially in accordance with the protocol described in Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) Standard C29-A2, Standardization of Sodium and Potassium Ion-Selective Electrode Systems to the Flame Photometric Reference Method. This publication documents the production, analytical measurements, and statistical evaluations leading to the certification of the SRM.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 260-254
Report Number
260-254
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.260-254
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Keywords

Electrolyte, Human serum, Standard Reference Material (SRM), Calcium (Ca), Ionized calcium (iCa), Chloride (Cl-), Lithium (Li), Magnesium (Mg), Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K), Sodium (Na), Ion selective electrode.
Reference materials, Quality assurance, Analytical chemistry and Amount of substance

Citation

Yu, L. , Christopher, S. , Easley, R. , Johnson, M. , Leber, D. , Vetter, T. , Waters, J. , Barber, C. , Murphy, K. , Wood, L. , Chin, S. , Narayan, M. , Rhodes, A. and Nash, M. (2025), Certification of Standard Reference Material® 956e Electrolytes in Frozen Human Serum, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.260-254, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=959702 (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created April 2, 2025
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