| Specimen: |
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Collect: |
One 7.5 mL SST
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Submit: |
1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
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Special Handling: |
Allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature Avoid Repeated Freeze/Thaw Cycles Separate from cells ASAP |
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Stability: |
Ambient: 8 Hour(s); Refrigerated: 2 Day(s); Frozen: 2 Week(s); Incubated: Unacceptable |
| Methodology: |
Colorimetric; Kinetic |
| Performed: |
Mon-Fri |
| Reported: |
1-3 Day(s) |
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| Interpretive Data: |
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PEDIATRIC REFERENCE RANGE (under age 19 years) <110 = Desirable 110-129 = Borderline >129 = High ADULT REFERENCE RANGE <100 = Optimal 100-129 = Near Optimal 130-159 = Borderline High 160-189 = High >190 = Very High Executive Summary of the Third Report of the NCEP Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults. JAMA May, 2001. The NCEP recommends that dietary and/or drug treatment not be initiated based on a single LDL Cholesterol result. PLEASE NOTE: Direct measurement of LDL is invalid when triglyceride levels are greater than 1500 mg/dl.
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