Specimen Stability (for laboratory use only)
Collection Container
Green top (lithium heparin)
Collection Instructions:
1. Draw sufficient blood into green top tube.
2. Gently invert the tube for 8 - 10 times.
3. Chill specimen immediately in either crushed ice or an ice pack. The coolant must cover the specimen level in the tube.
4. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
2. Gently invert the tube for 8 - 10 times.
3. Chill specimen immediately in either crushed ice or an ice pack. The coolant must cover the specimen level in the tube.
4. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
Unacceptable Conditions:
Clotted
Grossly haemolysed
Grossly icteric
Grossly lipaemic
Specimen not sent on ice.
Grossly haemolysed
Grossly icteric
Grossly lipaemic
Specimen not sent on ice.
Specimen Stability:
Ambient
N.A.
Refrigerate
Frozen
Add on Test:
No add test
Reflex Tests:
N.A.
Remarks:
Performance
Turn Around Time:
Stat: 2 hours Routine: 4 hours
Days Test Performed:
Testing Laboratory:
Woodlands Hospital Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Biochemistry
Clinical & Interpretative
Description:
Methodology:
Enzymatic Glutamate Dehydrogenase
Reference Interval:
16 – 53 μmol/L
Critical Values:
N.A.
