safePICO A and PICO A blood gas aspirating syringes
Collect precisely the amount of blood you require — and no more
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Reliable blood gas results
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Take no more blood than necessary
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Prevent accidental blood exposure
Get support with the new safePICO A blood gas aspirating syringe, designed with you in mind. The safePICO A syringe enables you to minimize preanalytical errors such as clot formation. This is possible through standardized automated mixing with the ABL90-series and ABL800 FLEX-series and high concentration of dry electrolyte balanced heparin.
This easy-to-use aspirating syringe is intended for arterial and venous blood collection in pH, blood gas, oximetry, electrolyte and metabolite analysis. Moreover, with the PICO A aspirating syringe, you can facilitate the analytical quality of the blood gas sample and minimize the risk of accidental blood spillage on the operator.
Types of Radiometer aspirating syringes
Explore the new safePICO A aspirating syringe
Our aspirating syringe has been redesigned with improvements, including a plunger stop at the 1.0 mL mark and 0.7 mL label to ensure no more blood than necessary is taken from the patient. Explore all features below:
Pre-barcoded
Pre-barcoded aspirator syringe helps ensure correct patient-sample identification every time when used as a part of the 1st Automatic solution.
Vented safeTIPCAP
Helps seal the sample immediately after blood collection, allows you to expel air bubbles, reducing the risk of contact with patient blood, and stays on during analysis when used with ABL analyzers.
NEW: Plunger stop at 1.0 mL
A protective feature that helps ensure that the barrel and plunger remain together, prevents accidental blood exposure.
Integrated mixing ball

Together with automatic mixing, it enhances analytical quality through standardized mixing, without causing hemolysis.
Heparin brick

Uniquely designed, dry, electrolyte-balanced heparin brick reduces the risk of clots, electrolyte bias, and sample dilution.
NEW: 0.7 mL mark
Clearly shows the minimum amount of blood you need to measure all parameters on Radiometer blood gas analyzers.
Explore the new safePICO A aspirator syringe
Our aspirating syringe has been redesigned with improvements, including a plunger stop at the 1.0 mL mark and 0.7 mL label to ensure no more blood than necessary is taken from the patient. Explore all features below:
Pre-barcoded
Pre-barcoded aspirator syringe helps ensure correct patient-sample identification every time when used as a part of the 1st Automatic solution.
Vented safeTIPCAP
Helps seal the sample immediately after blood collection, allows you to expel air bubbles, reducing the risk of contact with patient blood, and stays on during analysis when used with ABL analyzers.
NEW: Plunger stop at 1.0 mL
A protective feature that helps ensure that the barrel and plunger remain together, prevents accidental blood exposure.
Integrated mixing ball

Together with automatic mixing, it enhances analytical quality through standardized mixing, without causing hemolysis.
Heparin brick

Uniquely designed, dry, electrolyte-balanced heparin brick reduces the risk of clots, electrolyte bias, and sample dilution.
NEW: 0.7 mL mark
Clearly shows the minimum amount of blood you need to measure all parameters on Radiometer blood gas analyzers.
Minimizing the risk of operator contact with patient blood
With the easy-to-use safePICO A blood gas aspirating syringe, you can minimize the risk of contact with patient blood.
The vented safeTIPCAP helps:
- seal the sample immediately after blood collection, reducing the risk of contact with patient blood
- allows you to expel air bubbles, reducing the risk of room air contamination
- and stays on during analysis when used with ABL analyzers
Plunger stop, a protective feature that helps ensure that the barrel and plunger remain together, prevents accidental blood exposure.
Not only is reliability of results top of mind when it comes to blood gas testing but focus on operator safety is also important when handling patient blood.
Barcode connects patient with sample
Pre-barcoded aspirating syringe helps ensure correct patient-sample identification every time when using with a Radiometer blood gas analyzer. With the FLEXLINK data management system, you can scan the sample directly at the bedside and link it with your patient’s ID.
This gives you confidence that you have the right result for the right patient.
Why mixing is important in the preanalytical phase
Commonly reported pre-analytical errors are clots and hemolysis both of which are related to mixing.
The safePICO A aspirating syringe is designed to help you adequately mix your sample. That’s why it comes with a built-in mixing ball and dry electrolyte-balanced heparin, which reduces the risk of clots, electrolyte bias and sample dilution.
The PICO A aspirating syringe
Intended for arterial and venous blood collection in pH, blood gas, oximetry, electrolyte and metabolite analysis
Reduce clots and the risk of clots without diluting the sample and reduce the risk of blood spillage with the PICO A aspirating syringe features:
- PICO A TIPCAP
Helps seal the sample after blood collection, which minimizes the risk of blood spillage and reduces exposure to room air.
- Heparin
Uniquely designed, dry, electrolyte-balanced heparin brick reduces the risk of clots, electrolyte bias and sample dilution.
- Plunger stop at 1.0 mL
A protective feature at 1.0 mL that helps ensure that the barrel and plunger remain together, preventing accidental blood exposure.
- 0.5 mL mark
Clearly shows the minimum amount of blood you need to measure all parameters on Radiometer blood gas analyzers.
Specialists by blood
The history of Radiometer as we know it today began in 1954 when Radiometer developed the world’s first commercially available blood gas analyzer. Since then, we have refined our blood gas testing knowledge and experience and continue to advance our acute care diagnostic solutions.
Related knowledge sources
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Preanalytical blood gas errors
This handbook focuses on the preanalytical phase of blood gas testing and what you can do to minimize errors.
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Scientific articles on preanalytical errors
The Radiometer-sponsored knowledge site acutecaretesting.org offers scientific articles on preanalytical errors.
Useful tips to avoid preanalytical errors in blood gas testing: pH, pCO2 and pO2
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