Specimen:
Collect
- One Gray Top
Submit
- 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma . Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Special Handling
- Avoid Hemolysis
- Draw the specimen without the use of a tourniquet or within one minutes of applying the tourniquet, but before releasing the tourniquet.
Patient should be fasting and at complete rest. Collect blood without stasis in sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate, followed by immediate chilling of the specimen and separation of cells within 15 minutes.
Rejection Criteria
- Collection tube not properly filled
Stability
Ambient: 8 Hour(s); Refrigerated: 2 Week(s); Frozen: 1 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Chromophore Absorbance
Performed
Mon-Fri
Reported
1-3 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 83605
Interpretive Data
General Reference Range : 0.5-2.2 mmol/L
Components
- 2092 - LACTIC ACID
Last Updated: May 11, 2025 @ 9:13 am
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