As a preliminary step in a study of the effects of calcium ligands on the pH standardization of ionized calcium (Ca2+) measurements in blood, the slope of logCa2+ = f(pH) linear relationship characterizing the pH-sensitive calcium buffer capacity of the specimen was investigated in 12 serum pools on three different instruments. The pH 7.40 correction line should be horizontal. This was the case for the ICA-2 but not for the ICA-1 and the NOVA-8. The discrepancy was caused by an incorrect setting of the built-in slope correction factor in the ICA-2; coincidentally, its value was close to the effective slopes of the serum pools used in the study. Thus, the 'abnormal' behaviour of the ICA-1 and the NOVA-8 was caused by an inadequacy of the built-in algorithm to the characteristics of our serum pools. These findings lead us to reconsider the use of a fixed and constant correction factor to normalize actual ionized calcium values.
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