91226 Vitamin A - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

91226 Vitamin A

Specimen:

Collect:

One 4 mL Green Top (Na Heparin)

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Lavender (EDTA)
One 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)
One 7.5 mL SST
One 6 mL Pink Top (EDTA)

Submit:

1 mL (Min:0.3 mL) Serum. Submit Refrigerated.

Also Acceptable
1 mL (Min:0.3 mL) Plasma. Submit Refrigerated.

Special Handling:

Protect from Light
Draw specimen following an overnight (12-hour) fast. Patient should not consume alcohol for one day prior to blood draw.

Rejection Criteria:

Hemolyzed specimens
Whole blood

Stability:

Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 1 Month(s); Frozen: 12 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Performed:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Reported:

2-5 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

84590

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

93212 - VITAMIN A	93220 - INTERPRETATION:
93221 - RETINYL PALMITATE