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Last Updated: April 25, 2024 @ 9:13 am
2023	Glucose Tolerance 3 HR
Specimen:	Collect:	One Gray Top (1HR) One Gray Top (2HR) One Gray Top (3HR) One Gray Top (FAST) Also Acceptable: One SST (1HR) One SST (2HR) One SST (3HR) One SST (FAST)
	Submit:	Four 4 mL (Min:1 mL) Whole blood in Gray Top. Submit Refrigerated. Also Acceptable: Four 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum in SST. Submit Refrigerated. Four 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma . Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
	Special Handling:	Draw fasting specimen, then give 75gm glucola. At 1 hour draw "1 HR" post sample. At 2 hour draw "2 HR" post sample At 3 hour draw "3 HR" post sample. Label tubes "Fasting", "1 HR", "2 HR" and "3 HR". Other alternative samples: Green Top (Li Hep), Lavender EDTA, Pink EDTA, Red Top. If using alternative serum or plasma separate from cells ASAP. Serum or plasma stability: Ambient 8 hrs, RF 3 days, FZ 1 month
	Rejection Criteria:	Hemolyzed specimens Microbially Contaminated Unlabled Specimens
	Stability:	Ambient: 1 Day(s); Refrigerated: 3 Day(s); Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology:	Colorimetric
Performed:	Mon-Fri
Reported:	1-3 Day(s)
CPT Codes:	82951 82952
Interpretive Data:	Please see report for interpretive data. Criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus: 2 hour postload glucose of 200 mg/dl or greater using a 75g glucose load. ADA 2005 Note: Glucose tolerance reference range changes as of 2/18/2020
Components:	10201 - GLUCOSE, FASTING 10206 - GLUCOSE, 1HR 10202 - GLUCOSE, 2HR 10207 - GLUCOSE, 3HR

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