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Test Code TP Protein, Total

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)

Specimen Rejection

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

Additional rejections ONLY at Greenbrier, Beckley, and Parkersburg 

  • Hemolyzed
  • Lipemic
  • fluoride oxalate plasma

Storage and Stability

Memorial, General, Women and Children's, Teays,Cancer Center, Plateau 

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

 

Greenbrier, Beckley, Parkersburg Only 

Room Temperature                                         < 4 hours
Refrigerated 2-8oC                           < 3 days
Frozen <-20oC                  6 months

Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Reference Values

>18 yrs 6.4-8.2 g/dL
>10-18 yrs 5.5-8.2 g/dL
>2-10 yrs 4.9-8.3 g/dL
>1 month-2 yrs 3.6-8.1 g/dL
0- 1 month 3.7-5.9 g/dL

Methodology

Memorial, General, Women and Children's, Teays, Cancer Center, Plateau, Greenbrier Photometric assay
Beckley, Parkersburg Biuret reaction/ Reflectance spectrophotometry

Days Test Set Up and Turnaround

Memorial, General, Women and Children's, Teays, Cancer Center, Greenbrier-Monday through Sunday, Continuously

 

Beckley, Parkersburg-Monday through Friday

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

84155