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LABORATORY TEST DIRECTORY

Lactic Acid, Plasma

CPT Code(s): 83605
Specimen Required: Patient Preparation:Patient should be fasting and at complete rest. Patient should avoid any exercise of the arm or hand before or during collection. Draw the specimen without the use of a tourniquet or within three minutes of applying the tourniquet, but before releasing the tourniquet.
Collect:Gray (sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate). Collect blood without stasis. Collect on ice.
Specimen Preparation:Immediately chill specimen; do not freeze whole blood. Centrifuge specimen within 15 minutes of collection. Transport 1 mL plasma. (Min: 0.2 mL)
Storage/Transport Temperature:Refrigerated.
Stability:After separation from cells: Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 1 month
New York DOH Approval Status: This test is New York DOH approved.
Aliases:
  • LactateLactic Acid PlasmaPlasma Lactic Acid