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Performing Laboratory
| Memorial Hospital Laboratory- Automated Procedures | 304-388-5953 |
| Teays Valley Hospital Laboratory | 304-757-1770 |
| Plateau Medical Center Laboratory | 304-469-8621 |
| Greenbrier Valley Laboratory | 304-647-6060 |
Specimen Requirements
Plasma- Mint Green, Dark Green Lithium Heparin or Serum- SST gold top, red top
Fasting specimen is recommended
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
EDTA plasma
Specimen Rejection
- Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
- Quantity not sufficient
- Hemolyzed
Additional rejections ONLY at Greenbrier
- Lipemic
Storage and Stability
Memorial, Teays, Plateau
| Refrigerated 2-8oC | 7 days |
| Frozen <-20oC | 40 days |
Greenbrier
| Room Temperature | < 1 day |
| Refrigerated 2-8oC | < 3 days |
| Frozen <-20oC | Indefinitely |
Reference Values
| 0-9 weeks | 99-218 mg/dL |
| 9 weeks- 1 yr | 203-317 mg/dL |
| 1 yr- 19 yrs | 214-330 mg/dL |
| >19 yrs | 203-362 mg/dL |
Methodology
Memorial, Teays, Plateau- Photometric assay
Greenbrier- Spectrophotometric
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
84466