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. |
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