LABORATORY TEST LIST

LABORATORY TEST LIST

TEST NAME

Column1 5 HIAA

ACE ACETAMINOPHEN ACID FAST BACILLI

ACTH

Sample Requirement

Column2 4 ml aliquot from 24-hour urine

Storage/Transport Temperature

Acceptable alternative specimen

Column3 Refrigerate

Column4

1 ml serum 1 ml, serum or heparinized plasma REFRIGERATE 5ml sputum or respiratory aspirate, CSF or bone marrow. 50 ml body fluid, 10 ml whole blood 0.8 ml EDTA plasma

Refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate

Frozen

Sputum, biopsy, body fluid, urine, blood, or gastric contents None

AFP 4 (QUAD)

5 ml serum

Refrigerate

AFP TUMOR MARKER AFP-AMNIOTIC FLUID

1 ml serum 1 ml amniotic fluid

Refrigerate Room temperature

ALBUMIN

1 ml serum or heparinized

Refrigerate

plasma

ALCOHOL-DIAGNOSTIC 1 ml serum or heparinized

Refrigerate

plasma

ALDOLASE

1 ml serum

Refrigerate

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD 1 ml serum

Refrigerate

ALDOSTERONE-24 HR

10 ml urine from 24 hour

Refrigerate

URINE

collection

ALK PHOS ISOENZYMES 2 ml serum

Refrigerate

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE 1ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

ALPHA 1 ANTIRYPSIN

1 ml serum

Refrigerate

ALT (SGPT)

1 ml serum or heparinized

Refrigerate

plasma

AMIODARONE

1 ml serum from plain red top Refrigerate

tube

Other

Causes for rejection

requirements

Column5 Record total

volume on form

and specimen

Column6 pH is 2 or less

Column7 LabCorp

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Collect into cold EDTA tube, place back in ice. Centrifuge within 1 hour. Collect between 7 and 1R0eqAuMires AFP request form completed by provider. Send original SST tube. DO NOT pour off

Contamination with fetal blood, or sample tube with rubber stopper

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Medical use only

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Hemolysis

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Gel collection (SST) LabCorp tube

LABCORP TEST CODE

Column8 004069

Time to Result for Routine Order Column9 7 days

010116 183753

7 days 2 hours

6 weeks

004440

7 days

017319

7 days

002253 002428

7 days 7 days

002030 004374 004291 001612 001982

706705

2 hours

2 hours

7 days 7 days 7 days

7 days 1 hour 7 days 2 hours

7 days

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TEST NAME

Sample Requirement

Storage/Transport Temperature

AMITRIPTYLINE AMMONIA

1 ml serum from plain red top

tube 1 ml heparinized plasma (green

top)

Refrigerate Refrigerate

AMNISURE ROM

Cervical swab collected by OB

provider

AMPHETAMINES

10 ml urine

CONFIRMATION ON URINE

Room temperature Refrigerate

AMYLASE (SERUM)

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

AMYLASE-BODY FLUID 1 ml body fluid

ANA

1 ml serum

ANCA

1 ml serum

ANDROSTENEDIONE

1 ml serum

ANTI DS DNA

1 ml serum

ANTI ENA

1 ml serum

ANTI MICROSOMAL (TPO) 1 ml serum

AB

ANTI MITOCHONDRIAL AB 1 ml serum

ANTI PHOSPHOLIPID

1 ml serum AND 1 ml citrated

plasma (blue top)

Refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate

Refrigerate Both frozen - submit together

ANTI PLATELET AB ANTI SMOOTH MUSCLE

AB ANTIBODY SCREEN

1 ml serum 1 ml serum

7 ml pink top EDTA tube

Refrigerate Refrigerate

Refrigerate

ANTICARDIOLIPIN AB A, G,M QN ANTIMULLERIAN HORMONE ANTITHROMBIN 3 ACTIVITY ARSENIC, BLOOD

ASO SCREEN ASO TITER

1 ml serum

1 ml serum

2 ml citrated plasma (blue top)

2 ml whole blood from ROYAL blue (trace metals) tube 1 ml serum 1 ml serum

Refrigerate Frozen Frozen Room temperature Refrigerate Refrigerate

AST (SGOT)

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

Acceptable alternative specimen

Other

Causes for rejection

requirements

Place specimen on ice IMMEDIATELY after collection

Gel collection (SST) tube

Bloody specimen

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Requires both serum AND plasma

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Not frozen Not frozen

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Send whole tube

Reflexed from positive screen. Not orderable alone

Wrong tube; specimen LabCorp

opened

NNRH

NNRH

NNRH

LABCORP TEST CODE

007476

Time to Result for Routine Order 7 days

2 hours

071282

2 hours 7 days

164947 162388 004705 096339 006338 006676

006650 250555

2 hours

2 hours 7 days 7 days 7 days 7 days 7 days 7 days

7 days 7 days

014086 006643

161950 500183 015040 007245

7 days 7 days

4 hours unless STAT 7 days

7 days

7 days

7 days

4 hours 4 hours

2 hours

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LABORATORY TEST LIST

TEST NAME

Sample Requirement

Storage/Transport Temperature

BARBITUATE

10 ml urine

Refrigerate

CONFIRMATION URINE

BASIC FOOD ALLERGY 1 ml serum

Refrigerate

PROFILE

BASIC METABOLIC PANEL 1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

BENCE JONES (IFE AND

PE) 24 HR URINE BENCE JONES (IFE AND

PE) RANDOM URINE BENZODIAZEPINE

CONFIRMATION URINE BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN BICARBONATE (CO2)

30 ml aliquot from 24 hour urine Refrigerate

30 ml random urine collection Refrigerate

10 ml urine

Refrigerate

1 ml serum

Refrigerate

1ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

BILE ACIDS

1 ml serum

BILIRUBIN, DIRECT

0.5 ml serum or heparinized

plasma

BILIRUBIN, TOTAL

0.5 ml serum or heparinized

plasma

BK VIRUS QUANT PLASMA 2 ml EDTA plasma (purple top)

Frozen Refrigerate

Refrigerate

Frozen

BK VIRUS QUANT URINE BLOOD CULTURE

BLOOD GAS BLOOD UREA NITROGEN(AKA BUN,UREA) BNP BODY FLUID PH BORDELLA PERTUSSIS PCR C1 ESTERASE C DIFFICILE ANTIGEN AND TOXIN C DIFFICLE TOXIN GENE NAA

2 ml urine

Frozen

20 ml blood divided into two blood Room temperature

culture bottles, aerobic and

anaerobic 0.3 ml heparinized whole blood On ice

1ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

1ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

1 ml body fluid

Refrigerate

Nasal swab in sterile transport Frozen

container

1 ml serum

Frozen

1 gram unformed stool (pea

Refrigerate

sized)

5 grams unformed stool in sterile Refrigerate

container

CA 125

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

CA 15-3 CA 19-9 CA 27.29 CALCITONIN

1 ml serum 1 ml serum 1 ml serum 1 ml serum

Refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate Frozen

Acceptable alternative specimen

Other

Causes for rejection

requirements

Hemolysis

Test within 1 hour of collection Protect from light Hemolysis Protect from light Hemolysis

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To State Lab

Room temperature Clotted

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Formed stool

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Formed stool, sample frozen or in preservative

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LABCORP TEST CODE

071290

Time to Result for Routine Order 7 days

648014

7 days

2 hours

003467

7 days

122390

7 days

071308

7 days

010181

7 days 2 hours

010330

7 days 2 hours

2 hours

138962

7 days

138880

7 days 5 days

004648 183988

1 hour 2 hours

2 hours 2 hours 7 days

7 days 2 hours

4 days

143404 002261 140293 004895

1 day

7 days 7 days 7 days 7 days

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LABORATORY TEST LIST

TEST NAME

Sample Requirement

Storage/Transport Temperature

CALCIUM

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

CALCIUM IONIZED

CALPROTECTIN CANNABINOID CONFIRMATION, UR CAPILLARY BLOOD GAS CARBAMAZAPINE

1 ml heparinized whole blood; do

not centrifuge 1 gram stool 10 ml random urine

Room temperature

Frozen Refrigerate

Capillary blood in Natelson tube Room temperature 1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN CATECHOLAMINES

BLOOD CATECHOLAMINES

FRACTIONATED 24 HR

URINE CBC (COMPLETE BLOOD

COUNT)

heparinized plasma 3 ml EDTA plasma 30 ml aliquot from 24 hour urine

3 ml EDTA whole blood

CBC WITH MANUAL DIFF 3 ml EDTA whole blood

CCP ANTIBODY IGG & IGA 1 ml serum

CEA

1 ml serum

CELIAC DISEASE CMP

3 ml serum

CELL COUNT (BODY

1 ml body fluid in EDTA (purple)

FLUID)

tube

CELL COUNT (CSF)

1 ml CSF

CERULOPLASMIN

1 ml serum

CHLAMYDIA CULTURE Swab in Universal Transport

Media (UTM)

CHLAMYDIA/GC AMP

Aptima genital swab or urine

PROBE

CHLAMYDIA AMP PROBE Aptima genital swab or urine

Room temperature Frozen

Refrigerate

Room temperature for 4 hours, then refrigerate Room temperature for 4 hours, then refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate

Test immediately Refrigerate Refrigerate

Room temperature

Room temperature

CHLORIDE

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

CHOLESTEROL

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

CITRATE

25 ml urine from 24 hour collection

CK (CPK)

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

Acceptable alternative specimen

Other

Causes for rejection

requirements

Test promptly

Avoid hemolysis

Tube may not be opened before test

Test immediately Test immediately

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NNRH

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Clotting, hemolysis NNRH

Clotting, hemolysis NNRH

Specify sample

source Specify sample

source Specify sample

source

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Clotting, submission in NNRH

sample cup

NNRH

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Fasting preferred Avoid hemolysis

Add 6N HCl after Not acidified collection to achieve pH of 1 to 3

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LABCORP TEST CODE

Time to Result for Routine Order 2 hours

1 hour

123255

7 days 7 days

1 hour 2 hours

084152

1 hour 7 days

004176

7 days

2 hours

2 hours

164914 165126

001560 008565 183194 188078

016865

7 days 1 day 7 days 2 hours

2 hours 7 days 7 days

7 days

7 days

2 hours

2 hours

7 days

2 hours

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LABORATORY TEST LIST

TEST NAME

Sample Requirement

Storage/Transport Temperature

CK-MB (MMB)

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

CLONOPIN

(CLONAZEPAM) CMV IGG CMV IGM CMV QUANT PCR COCAINE METABOLTE

CONFIRMATION URINE COLD AGGLUTININ

QUANT COMPLEMENT C3 COMPLEMENT C4 COMPLEMENT TOTAL

(CH50) COMPREHENSIVE

METABOLIC PANEL

4 ml serum from plain red (no

SST) 1 ml serum 1 ml serum 2 ml EDTA plasma 10 ml urine

Refrigerate

Refrigerate Refrigerate Frozen Refrigerate

1 ml serum

Refrigerate

1 ml serum 1 ml serum 1 ml serum

Frozen Frozen Frozen

1ml serum or heparinized plasma. Refrigerate

COPPER BLOOD

CORTISOL FREE 24 HR URINE CORTISOL TOTAL C-PEPTIDE CREATININE (BODY FLUID) CREATININE (SERUM)

CREATININE CLEARANCE

2ml plasma from royal blue top tube 100 ml aliquote from 24 hour collection 1 ml serum 1 ml serum 1 ml body fluid

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma 24 hour urine, and 1 ml serum or heparinized plasma

Room temperature

Refrigerate

Refrigerate Frozen Refrigerate

Refrigerate

Refrigerate

CREATININE-URINE-24HR 1 ml urine from 24 hour collection

CREATININE-URINE-

RANDOM CROSSMATCH

1 ml urine 6 ml pink top EDTA tube.

Refrigerate Refrigerate

CRP

CRP-HIGH SENSITIVE (CARDIAC)

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate 1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

Acceptable alternative specimen

Other

Causes for rejection

requirements

Avoid hemolysis

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Gel tubes unacceptable

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Allow to clot at 37?C

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8 hour fasting specimen preferred

Hemolysis and lipemia NNRH may affect results

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Note patient's height and weight; Record total urine volume Record total urine volume

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Patient must have blood bank armband for transfusion

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LABCORP TEST CODE

Time to Result for Routine Order 2 hours

071712

7 days

006494 096727 139149 071324

7 days 7 days 7 days 7 days

006353

7 days

006452 001834 001941

7 days 7 days 7 days

2 hours

001586 004432

010108

7 days

7 days

2 hours 7 days 2 hours

2 hours

4 hours

4 hours 2 hours 2 hours

2 hours 2 hours

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LABORATORY TEST LIST

TEST NAME CRYOGLOBULINS QL

Sample Requirement 3 ml serum

Storage/Transport Temperature

Room Temperature

Acceptable alternative specimen

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM

Stool in pink O&P container

CRYSTALS-BODY FLUID Body fluid in EDTA tube

CULTURE - BODY FLUID Fluid in sterile container

CULTURE - CSF

Fluid in sterile container

CULTURE - GC SCREEN Swab collected by provider

CULTURE - STREP GROUP Swab collected by provider

A

CULTURE VIRUS

Swab or fluid inoculated to UTM

media.

CYCLOSPORINE

Whole blood in EDTA tube

CYSTINE QUANT 24 HR 5 ml aliquot from 24 hour

URINE

collection

Room temperature Room temperature Room temperature Room temperature Room temperature Room temperature

Refrigerate

Refrigerate Room temperature

D-DIMER

Full citrate tube, 3 or 5 ml

Room temperature

DHEA DHEAS DIFFERENTIAL-BODY FLUID DIFFERENTIAL-MANUAL

DIGOXIN

DILANTIN (PHENYTOIN)

DILUTE RUSSELL VIPER VENOM TIME DIRECT COOMBS

ELECTROLYTES ENDOMYSIAL AB EOSINOPHILS-URINE EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS PANEL

1 ml serum 1 ml serum Body fluid in EDTA tube

Refrigerate Refrigerate Room temperature

Fresh capillary smear, or whole

blood in EDTA tube 1 ml serum drawn 6 hours after

dose, for therapeutic level. 1 ml serum, drawn 4-6 hours

prior to next dose for therapeutic

level. 2 ml citrated plasma

Room temperature Refrigerate

Frozen

3 to 6 ml EDTA whole blood (pink Room temperature

or purple top)

1ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

1 ml serum

Refrigerate

10 ml urine

Refrigerate

2 ml serum

Frozen

Urine

Other

Causes for rejection

requirements

Prewarm tube and allow to clot at 37?C. Separate and transfer serum to transport tube. Label 'prewarmed, serum'

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Date and time of collection, 24 hour urine volume, and whether patient is taking penicillamine.

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Tube over- or

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underfilled

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Clotting, submission in NNRH

sample cup Clotting

NNRH

Record time of

last dose. Record time of

last dose.

NNRH NNRH

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NNRH

Avoid hemolysis

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LABCORP TEST CODE

001594

Time to Result for Routine Order 7 days

183020 055355

008573 706557 700195

7 days 7 days 5 days 5 days 3 days 2 days

7 days

7 days 7 days

004100 004020

2 hours

7 days 7 days 2 hours

2 hours

2 hours

2 hours

117887

164996 115055 216655

7 days

2 hours

2 hours 7 days 7 days 7 days

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LABORATORY TEST LIST

TEST NAME

Sample Requirement

Storage/Transport Temperature

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS

2 ml EDTA plasma

QUANT PCR

ERYTHROPOIETIN QUANT 1ml serum

ESR-AUTO

3 to 5 nl EDTA whole blood

ESTRADIOL (E2) ESTROGEN EVEROLIMUS FACTOR 8 ACTIVITY FACTOR 9 ACTIVITY FECAL FAT QUAL FECAL FAT QUANT

1 ml serum 3 ml serum 2 ml EDTA whole blood 2 ml citrated plasma (blue top) 2 ml citrated plasma (blue top) 3 grams stool 72 hour stool collection

Frozen

Refrigerate

Room temperature for 4 hours, then refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate Frozen Frozen Refrigerate

Acceptable alternative specimen

FECAL LEUKOCYTES FERRITIN

FIBRINOGEN

FOLATE

FOLATE RBC

FREE T3 FREE T4

FRUTOSAMINE FSH FTA-ABS FUNGUS CULTURE

G-6-PD QUANT GABAPENTIN (NEURONTIN) GAMMA GT

GASTRIN GASTROCCULT

Stool in sterile container

Room temperature

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Room temperature

3 to 5 ml citrated plasma

Refrigerated or on ice None

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

2 full EDTA (purple top) tubes, Transfer 4 ml from

each at least 5 ml.

one whole blood tube

into a plastic transport

tube and freeze.

Transport second

whole blood tube

1 ml serum

refrigerated Refrigerate

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

1 ml serum 1 ml serum 1 ml serum Sample in sterile container or on

culturette swab 2 ml EDTA whole blood 1 ml plain red serum

Refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate Refrigerate

Refrigerate Refrigerate

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

1 ml serum Gastric contents in sterile cup

Frozen Refrigerate

Other

Causes for rejection

requirements

Avoid hemolysis

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Collect in special 'paint can' sample container from lab.

Separate plasma Tube over- or

from cells

underfilled

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No vitamins containing folic acid for 3 to 5 days prior to test

Frozen whole blood not submitted

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Do not use SST or gel LabCorp

tube

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LABCORP TEST CODE

138230

Time to Result for Routine Order 7 days

140277

7 days

3 hours

004549 700003 086264 086298 001677 001354

2 hours 7 days 7 days 7 days 7 days 7 days 7 days

008656 266015

7 days 2 hours

2 hours

2 hours

7 days

010389 100800 082370 001917 716811

004390

7 days 2 hours

7 days 2 hours 7 days 4 weeks

7 days 7 days

2 hours

7 days 1 hour

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LABORATORY TEST LIST

TEST NAME

Sample Requirement

Storage/Transport Temperature

GC AMP PROBE GENITAL CULTURE GENTAMYCIN-RANDOM

GENTAMYCIN-TROUGH

GI PANEL FILMARRAY

GIARDIA AG

GLUCOSE ONE HOUR POST LOAD

Aptima genital swab or urine

Room temperature

Culturette swab

Room temperature

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

1 ml serum or heparinized

plasma. Draw 1/2 hour before

next dose. Stool in sterile urine cup or

orange ParaPak Stool in sterile urine cup or pink

O&P container 1 ml serum or heparinized

plasma.

Refrigerate

Room temperature Room temperature Refrigerate

GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TESTING

GLUCOSE-BODY FLUID GLUCOSE-CSF

Sequential blood draws in serum or heparinized plasma, per requested time (3 hour GTT, 4 hour GTT)

Refrigerate

1 ml body fluid 1 ml CSF

Refrigerate Refrigerate

GLUCOSE-SERUM

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

GLYCOHEMOBLOBIN SP GRAV BODY FLUID GRAM STAIN ONLY GRAM STAIN WITH

CULTURE

1ml EDTA whole blood

Refrigerate

1 ml body fluid

Refrigerate

Specimen in sterile container

Refrigerate

Specimen on culturette swab or in Refrigerate

sterile container

GROUP A STREP SEROLOGY

Culturette with double swabs

Room temperature

GROUP, BLOOD H PYLORI - STOOL H. PYLORI HAPTOLOBIN QUANT HDL

6 ml EDTA tube

Refrigerate

1 gm stool in sterile cup

Frozen

1 ml serum

Refrigerate

2 ml serum

Refrigerate

1 ml serum or heparinized plasma Refrigerate

HEAVY METAL SCREEN -

BLOOD HEAVY METAL SCREEN -

URINE

7 ml royal blue EDTA whole blood Room temperature

tube 10 ml urine from either random or Room temperature

24 hour collection

Acceptable alternative specimen

Other

Causes for rejection

requirements

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More than 8 hours old NNRH

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Patient must be fasting. Test ends if patient experiences vomiting Patient must be fasting. Test ends if patient experiences vomiting

Test immediately

8 hour fasting preferred

NNRH

Test will be canceled if NNRH patient isn't present for collection at timed interval.

Bloody, clotted specimen

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Negative screens must be cultured for Group A strep

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LABCORP TEST CODE

188086

Time to Result for Routine Order 7 days 3 days 2 hours

2 hours

182204

3 hours 7 days 2 hours

2 hours after last draw.

2 hours 2 hours

2 hours

2 hours 2 hours 2 hours Variable depending on source 2 hours

180764 001628

042580 007492

3 hours 7 days 2 hours 7 days 2 hours

7 days

7 days

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