91111 Glucagon - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

91111 Glucagon

Specimen:

Collect:

One 4 mL Lavender (EDTA)

Submit:

1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling:

Critical Frozen
Draw in chilled EDTA tube, immediately add 0.3ml aprotinin inhibitor to whole blood. Mix then immediately centrifuge, separate and freeze plasma.
Aprotinin is available through Client Services 1-800-700-6891 (ARUP Supply #16570).

Rejection Criteria:

Samples without aprotinin additive added

Stability:

Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: 3 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)

Performed:

Tuesday

Reported:

3-11 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

82943 - Glucagon

Interpretive Data:

General Reference Range : 40-130 ng/L