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Test Code CREA URN Creatinine, Random, Urine

Performing Laboratory

Memorial Hospital Laboratory- Automated Procedures  304-388-5953       
General Hospital Laboratory 304-388-6244
Greenbrier Valley Laboratory 304-647-6060
Teays Valley Hospital Laboratory 304-757-1770
Plateau Medical Center Laboratory 304-469-8621
Parkersburg Laboratory 304-865-3679

Specimen Requirements

Urine BD vacutainer, no additive/preservative or sterile cup

10 mL-Random Urine

Specimen Rejection

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

Additional Rejections Greenbrier, Parkersburg Only

  • No catheter specimens

Storage and Stability

Memorial, General, Teays, Plateau 

Room temperature 20-25oC 2 days
Refrigerated 4-8oC 6 days
Frozen <-20oC Not specified

Greenbrier, Parkersburg 

Room temperature 18-28oC < 3 days
Refrigerated 2-8oC < 5 days
Frozen <-18oC Indefinite

Reference Values

Random 30-125 mg/dL
24 hr urine female 600-1500 mg/24 hr
24 hr urine male 600-2500 mg/24 hr

Methodology

Memorial, General, Plateau, Teays- Photometric modified Jaffe principle

Greenbrier, Parkersburg- Peroxidase-Catalyzed Oxidation

Days Test Set Up and Turnaround

Memorial, General, Plateau, Teays, Greenbrier

Monday through Sunday, Continously

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

Parkersburg 

Monday-Friday

CPT Coding

82570