2093 Glucose, 1 HR [Post Glucola]

Specimen:

Collect:

One 4 mL Gray Top

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

Submit:

One Whole blood in 4 mL Gray Top. Submit Refrigerated.

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

Special Handling:

Give 50gm of glucola and wait 1 HR then draw specimen.
Patient does not need to be fasting. However, once glucola is administered they should not have anything else to eat or drink (except water) until the 1 HR sample is drawn.

Rejection Criteria:

Frozen Whole Blood

Stability:

Ambient: 8 Hour(s); Refrigerated: 2 Day(s); Frozen: 1 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Colorimetric; Kinetic

Performed:

Mon-Fri

Reported:

1-3 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

82950 - Glucose, Post Dose

Interpretive Data:

General Reference Range : <140 mg/dl
One-hour glucose values >140 mg/dl identify approximately 80% of women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). One-hour glucose values >130 mg/dl identify approximately 90% of women with GDM. An abnormal value indicates the need for a diagnostic glucose tolerance test. ADA guidelines, 2002.