Specimen:
Collect
- One Gray Top (2HR)
Also Acceptable:
- One SST (2HR)
Submit
- 4 mL (Min:1 mL) Whole blood in Gray Top (2HR). Submit Refrigerated.
Also Acceptable:
- 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma . Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
- 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum in SST (2HR). Submit Refrigerated.
Special Handling
- With patient fasting, give 75 gm glucola (or 2 hours post meal). At 2 hour draw "2 HR" post sample.
Label tube "2 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
Stability
Ambient: 1 Day(s); Refrigerated: 3 Day(s); Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Colorimetric
- Kinetic
Performed
Mon-Fri
Reported
1-3 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 82950
Interpretive Data
General Reference Range : <153 mg/dL
Reference Range for 2hr Glucose:
Less than 140 mg/dl in normal individuals after 75gm Glucola or 2hr post prandial
Reference Range for 2hr Glucose:
Less than 140 mg/dl in normal individuals after 75gm Glucola or 2hr post prandial
Components
- 2143 - GLUCOSE, POST
Last Updated: October 23, 2024 @ 9:13 am
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