Validation and proposal of a clinical intervention cutoff in fetal scalp blood for the point‐of care‐lactate meter <scp>StatStrip</scp> ^® 2

A fetal blood lactate concentration ≥7.0 mmol/L measured by StatStrip^®Lactate2 corresponds to the established intervention cutoff lactate value ≥5.2 mmol/L measured by StatStrip^®Lactate. Precision was acceptable but may be improved by using the mean of two measurements, particularly when the first result falls between 6.0 and 8.0 mmol/L. We also recommend ensuring the correct sampling techniques to minimize preanalytical variation.