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Test Code IOPTH Parathyroid Hormone, Intraoperative

Performing Laboratory

Memorial Hospital Laboratory- Automated Procedures  304-388-5953       
Teays Valley Hospital Laboratory 304-757-1770

Specimen Requirements

Plasma-EDTA purple top or Mint Green- Lithium Heparin

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

4 mL of plasma (minimum 2 mL)

Specimen Rejection

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

Storage and Stability

Room temperature 15-30oC 8 hrs
Refrigerated 2-8oC 48 hrs
Frozen -20oC 6 months

Reference Values

12.0-88.0 pg/mL

Methodology

Chemiluminescent two-step immunoenzymatic sandwich assay

Days Test Set Up and Turnaround

Monday thru 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

CPT Coding

83970