91231 Vitamin E - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

91231 Vitamin E

Specimen:

Collect:

One 7.5 mL SST

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

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. Avoid hemolysis.

Rejection Criteria:

Body fluids other than serum or plasma
Grossly Hemolyzed Samples
Whole blood

Stability:

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

Methodology:

High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Performed:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Reported:

2-5 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

84446

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

93213 - ALPHA TOCOPHEROL

93214 - GAMMA TOCOPHEROL