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| 31730:LACTATE | |||||||||
| Methodology: | Enzymatic Rate Cottage Grove: Specific Electrochemical Sensors |
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| Edit Date: | 1/1/1900 | ||||||||
| Performed: | Daily | ||||||||
| Released: | Same day as tested | ||||||||
| CPT Code: | 83605 | ||||||||
| Specimen Collection Details | |||||||||
| Collection: | One 2 mL grey top tube (sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate). Cottage Grove only: One 4 mL green top tube (heparin). The patient should avoid any exercise of the arm or hand before or during collection. Optimally, the draw should be done without the use of a tourniquet. Tube should be at least half full. |
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| Handling: | Centrifuge and separate plasma from cells into a plastic tube within 4 hours; keep tightly capped and refrigerated at 2-8° C. Minimize exposure to air. Cottage Grove only: Do not centrifuge. Send as whole blood. |
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| Stability: | 7 days refrigerated if plasma is removed from cells within 4 hours. Cottage Grove only: Specimen should be assayed immediately. |
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| Standard Volume: | 1 mL plasma. Cottage Grove only: 1 mL whole blood. | ||||||||
| Minimum Volume: | 0.5 mL plasma Cottage Grove only: 0.5 mL whole blood. | ||||||||
| Transport: | Refrigerated. Cottage Grove only: Ambient | ||||||||
| Rejection Criteria: | Serum; plasma other than specified. Cottage Grove only: Serum: whole blood other than heparin. | ||||||||