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Department
CHEMISTRY
Collection Requirements
Place tube immediately on ice until Centrifugation. Recommended that patient is fasting and at complete rest.
Primary Collection Container
K Oxalate and Na Fluoride – Grey Top
Transport
Plasma on ice (Inpatient)
Plasma Aliquoted and Refrigerated (Outpatient)
Preferred Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Processing
Specimen must be received for centrifugation within 15 minutes of draw time and immediately separated from cells.
Stability
Ambient: 15 minutes
Refrigerated: 15 minutes
After in lab processing stability, centrifuged and aliquoted.
Ambient: 8 hours
Refrigerated: 14 days
Minimum Testing Volume
0.5 mL
Reference Range
0.5 – 2.2 mmol/L
Methodology
Roche c503 Colorimetric assay.
Performed
Sunday – Saturday
Reported
As completed
CPT Codes
83605
Unacceptable Conditions
Failure to Centrifuge and Aliquot within 15 minutes of draw time.
Frozen specimens