30530:CHLORIDE (Cl)
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| Methodology: |
Indirect Potentiometry |
| Edit Date: |
6/11/2010 |
| Performed: |
Daily |
| Released: |
Same day as tested |
| CPT Code: |
82435 |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
One 7.5 mL serum separator tube (SST). Also acceptable: One 4 mL green top tube (sodium or lithium heparin) or one 4.5 mL plasma separator tube (PST). Do not draw from a limb receiving an intravenous infusion. |
| Handling: |
Allow to clot, centrifuge SST or PST within 2 hours of collection and transport in original tube. Centrifuge green top tube and separate plasma into a plastic vial for transport. Refrigerate. |
| Standard Volume: |
2 mL serum or plasma. |
| Minimum Volume: |
0.5 mL serum or plasma. |
| Transport: |
Refrigerated. |