2023 Glucose Tolerance 3 HR [with 1/2 HR specimen]

Specimen:

Collect:

Four Random Urine
Five 4 mL Gray Top

Also Acceptable
Five 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)
Five 4 mL Lavender (EDTA)
Five 7.5 mL SST

Submit:

Four 10 mL (Min:1 mL) Random Urine in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Refrigerated.
Five mL Whole blood in 4 mL Gray Top. Submit Refrigerated.

Also Acceptable
Five 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Five 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling:

Draw fasting specimen and collect fasting urine, then give 75gm glucola. At 1/2 hour draw "1/2 HR" post sample. At 1 hour draw "1 HR" post sample and collect "1 HR" urine. At 2 hour draw "2 HR" post sample and collect "2 HR" urine. At 3 hour draw "3 HR" post sample and collect "3 HR" urine.
Label tubes "Fasting", "1/2 HR", "1 HR", "2 HR" and "3 HR".

Stability:

See Individual Components

Methodology:

Colorimetric; Kinetic

Performed:

Mon-Fri

Reported:

1-3 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

81002 X4 - Urinalysis, Non-automated Withoug Micro	82951 - Glucose Tolerance
82952 X2 - Glucose Tolerance

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

2400 - GLUCOSE, FASTING	2407 - GLUCOSE, 1/2HR
2401 - GLUCOSE, 1HR	2402 - GLUCOSE, 2HR
2403 - GLUCOSE, 3HR	2410 - UR, GLUCOSE FAST
2411 - UR, GLUCOSE 1HR	2412 - UR, GLUCOSE 2HR
2413 - UR, GLUCOSE 3HR