30610:CALCIUM (Ca)
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| Methodology: |
Indirect Potentiometry (effective 1/16/2006) |
| Edit Date: |
1/13/2006 |
| Performed: |
Daily |
| Released: |
Same day |
| CPT Code: |
82310 |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
One 7.5 mL serum separator tube (SST). Also acceptable: 4.5 mL light green plasma separator tube (PST) or 4 mL green top tube (heparin). |
| Handling: |
Allow to clot, centrifuge SST or PST and transport in original tube. Centrifuge green top (heparin) tube, separate plasma from cells and pout into a plastic vial for transport. Refrigerate. |
| Standard Volume: |
2 mL serum or plasma. |
| Minimum Volume: |
0.5 mL serum or plasma. |
| Transport: |
Refrigerated. |
| Rejection Criteria: |
Tubes other than those specified. |