Specimen Stability (for laboratory use only)
Collection Container
Grey top (sodium fluoride)
Service Code:
LBC00436
Collection Instructions:
1. Draw sufficient blood into grey top tube.
2. Gently invert the tube 8 - 10 times.
3. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
2. Gently invert the tube 8 - 10 times.
3. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
Unacceptable Conditions:
Clotted
Grossly haemolysed
Grossly icteric
Grossly lipaemic
Grossly haemolysed
Grossly icteric
Grossly lipaemic
Specimen Stability:
Ambient
Not Centrifuged: 2 hours
Refrigerate
Frozen
Reflex Tests:
N.A.
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:
Photometric assay (hexokinase method)
Reference Interval:
Random: 4.0 - 7.8 mmol/L
Critical Values:
<2.5 mmol/L
>25.0 mmol/L
>25.0 mmol/L
