91228 Vitamin B6 - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

91228 Vitamin B6

Specimen:

Collect:

One 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)

Also Acceptable
One 10 mL Red Top
One 4 mL Green Top (Na Heparin)

Submit:

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

Special Handling:

Critical Frozen
Protect from Light
Separate aliquot required for each frozen test ordered
Separate from cells ASAP
Collect after overnight fast.
Separate plasma and freeze, protected from light within 2 hours of collection

Rejection Criteria:

EDTA plasma
Grossly Hemolyzed Samples
Grossly Lipemic Samples
Hemolyzed specimens
Lipemic Samples
Specimen not protected from light
Specimen not submitted frozen
Use of separator tubes
Whole blood

Stability:

Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 4 Hour(s); Frozen: 2 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Performed:

Sun-Sat

Reported:

2-5 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

84207

Interpretive Data:

General Reference Range : 20-125 nmol/L