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HelpTest Code PROG Progesterone
Performing Laboratory
| Women and Children's Hospital Laboratory | 304-388-2385 |
Specimen Requirements
Serum- SST gold top, red top
Allow SST or red top to completely clot
Spin and physically separate serum from contact with cells as soon as possible
4 mL of serum (minimum 2 mL)
Specimen Rejection
- Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
- Quantity not sufficient
- Lipemic
Storage and Stability
| Room temperature 15-30oC | 8 hrs |
| Refrigerated 2-8oC | 48 hrs |
| Frozen <-20oC | Not specified |
Reference Values
Non-Pregnant Female
| Mid-Follicular | 0.31-1.52 ng/mL |
| Mid-Luteal | 5.16-18.56 ng/mL |
| Post-Menopausal | <0.08-0.78 ng/mL |
Pregnant Female
| First Trimester | 4.73-50.74 ng/mL |
| Second Trimester | 19.41-45.30 ng/mL |
Male 0.14-2.06 ng/mL
Methodology
Chemiluminescent immunoenzymatic competitive assay
Days Test Set Up and Turnaround
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 |
CPT Coding
84144