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| 2026 Glucose Tolerance 6 HR [with 1/2 HR specimen] |
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| Collect: |
Seven Random Urine Eight 4 mL Gray Top Also Acceptable Eight 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin) Eight 4 mL Lavender (EDTA) Eight 7.5 mL SST |
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| Submit: |
Seven 10 mL (Min:1 mL) Random Urine in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Refrigerated. Eight Whole blood in 4 mL Gray Top. Submit Refrigerated. Also Acceptable Eight 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube. Eight 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube. |
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| 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. At 4 hour draw "4 HR" post sample and collect "4 HR" urine. At 5 hour draw "5 HR" post sample and collect "5 HR" urine. At 6 hour draw "6 HR" post sample and collect "6 HR" urine.
Label tubes "Fasting", "1/2 HR", "1 HR", "2 HR", "3 HR", "4 HR" "5 HR" and "6 HR". |
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| Stability: | See Individual Components | ||||||||||||||||
| Methodology: | Colorimetric; Kinetic | ||||||||||||||||
| Performed: | Mon-Fri | ||||||||||||||||
| Reported: | 1-3 Day(s) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Interpretive Data: | Please see report for interpretive data. | ||||||||||||||||
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