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Test Code TRIG FLUID Triglycerides, Body Fluid

Performing Laboratory

Memorial Hospital Laboratory- Automated Procedures 304-388-5953

Specimen Requirements

Dark green top (lithium heparin) vacutainer or a sterile specimen container.

5 mL of body fluid (1 mL minimum)

Pleural and Peritoneal only

Mucoid, clotted or viscous specimens may not be suitable for testing

Specimen Rejection

  • Body fluids collected in a tube containing gel
  • Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
  • Quantity not sufficient

Storage and Stability

Refrigerated 2-8oC for 3 days

Reference Values

No established reference values.

The test result must be integrated into the clinical content for interpretation.

Methodology

Photometric enzymatic 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

84478