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Test Code TSH Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone - Sensitive (hs-TSH)

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
Plateau Medical Center Laboratory 304-469-8621
Greenbrier Valley Medical Center 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)

 

Additional sample type that can be used ONLY at Greenbrier, Beckley and Parkersburg 

EDTA plasma

Specimen Rejection

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

Additional rejections ONLY at Greenbrier, Beckley, and Parkersburg 

  • Turbid
  • Lipemic

Storage and Stability

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

Room temperature 15-30oC 18 hrs
Refrigerated 2-8oC 7 days
Frozen <-20oC 90 days

 

Greenbrier, Beckley, Parkersburg Only  

Refrigerated 2-8o C 7 days
Frozen 4 weels

 

Reference Values

Gender Age Reference Range    (mcIU/mL)
Male 0 minutes - 5 days 0.7 - 15.2
Male 5 days - 2 months 0.7 - 11.0
Male 2 months - 11 months 0.7 - 8.4
Male 11 months - 5 yrs 0.7 - 6.0
Male 5 yrs - 10 yrs 0.6 - 4.8
Male 10 yrs-19 yrs 0.5 - 4.3
Male 19 yrs- 180 yrs 0.45 - 5.33
Female 0 minutes - 5 days 0.7 - 15.2
Female 5 days - 2 months 0.7 - 11.0
Female 2 months - 11 months 0.7 - 8.4
Female 11 months - 5 yrs 0.7 - 6.0
Female 5 yrs - 10 yrs 0.6 - 4.8
Female 10 yrs-19 yrs 0.5 - 4.3
Female 19 yrs- 180 yrs 0.45 - 5.33

Methodology

 

Memorial, General, Women and Childrens, Teays, Plateau Chemiluminescent two-site immunoenzymatic sandwich assay
Greenbrier, Beckley, Parkersburg Immunometric immunoassay

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

Beckley and Parkersburg Only-Monday through Friday 

CPT Coding

84443