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Test Code ALB Albumin

Performing Laboratory

Memorial Hospital Laboratory- Automated Procedures  304-388-5953       
General Hospital Laboratory 304-388-6244
Women and Children's Hospital Laboratory 304-388-2385
Teays Valley Hospital Laboratory 304-757-1770
Cancer Center Laboratory 304-388-8317
Plateau Medical Center Laboratory 304-469-8621
Greenbrier Valley Laboratory 304-647-6060
Parkersburg Laboratory 304-865-3679
Beckley Cancer Center Laboratory 304-461-2222

Specimen Requirements

Plasma- Mint Green, Dark Green Lithium Heparin or Serum- SST gold top, red top

Allow SST or red top to completely clot

Spin and physically separate plasma/serum from contact with cells as soon as possible

4 mL of plasma/serum (minimum 2 mL) 

Minimum volume for Beckley, Parkersburg, Greenbrier Only

5uL

Specimen Rejection

  • Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
  • Quantity not sufficient
  • Hemolyzed 

Additional Rejections at Beckley, Parkersburg, Greenbrier Only

  • Lipemic

Storage and Stability

Room temperature 15-25oC 1 week
Refrigerated 2-8oC 1 month

Reference Values

>18 yrs 3.4-5.0 g/dL
>10-18 yrs 3.5-5.2 g/dL
>2-10 yrs 3.5-5.5 g/dL
>1 month-2 yrs 2.1-5.7 g/dL
0- 1 month 2.0-4.3 g/dL

Methodology

Memorial, General, Womens, Teays, Cancer Center, Plateau-Bromcresol BCG

Beckley, Parkersburg, Greenbrier- Reflectance Spectrophotometry

Days Test Set Up and Turnaround

Memorial, General, Womens, Teays, Cancer Center, Plateau, Greenbrier

Monday through Sunday, Continuously

AM Collection Expected by 9AM same day
Routine Expected within 24 hrs
Stat Expected within 1 hr
Timed Expected results are test dependant

 

 Beckley, Parkersburg

Monday through Friday, 7:30-4:30pm

CPT Coding

82040