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Instrumentation
Roche Cobas
Performing Laboratory
Rutland Regional Medical Center Laboratory
Specimen Requirements
Specimen Type: Blood
Container/Tube:
Preferred: Light-green top (lithium heparin gel or green-yellow)
Specimen Fill Volume: Full tube
Specimen Minimum Volume: 2 mL
Collection Instructions:
1. Fasting (10-12 hours), only water is allowed.
2. Send specimen in original tube.
3. If there is a delay in transport of >1 hour, centrifuge tube.
Specimen Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Normal Reference Values
| 18 - < 60 years: 74-106 mg/dL 0- 2 Days 40-60 mg/dL 2 D - 29 dyas 50 -0 80 mg/dL 30 days - < 18 Years 60 -0100 mg/dL 60 - 90 years: 82 - 115 > 90 years: 75-121 mg/dL |
Critical Values
Pediatric:
Birth to 3 months: <40 and >200mg/dL
3 months to 18 years: <50 and >300mg/dL
18 years and over: <50 and >500mg/dL
Day(s) Performed
Daily
Analytic Time:
1 day
Available STAT
Test Classification and CPT Coding
82947