2024 Glucose Tolerance 4 HR [with 1/2 HR specimen]

Specimen:

Collect:

Five Random Urine
Six Whole blood 4 mL Gray Top

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

Submit:

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

Also Acceptable
Six 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Six 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 administer orally 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. At 4 hour draw "4 HR" post sample and collect "4 HR" urine. Label tubes 'Fasting", "1/2HR", "1HR", "2HR", "3HR" and "4HR".

Stability:

See Individual Components

Methodology:

Colorimetric; Kinetic

Performed:

Mon-Fri

Reported:

1-3 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

82951	81002x5
82952x3

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	2404 - GLUCOSE, 4HR
2410 - UR, GLUCOSE FAST	2411 - UR, GLUCOSE 1HR
2412 - UR, GLUCOSE 2HR	2413 - UR, GLUCOSE 3HR
2414 - UR, GLUCOSE 4HR