Glucose GLU
| Method(s) | Spectrophotometry | ||||||||
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| Specimen Required | |||||||||
| Collect | One 5 mL gold (SST) top tube (if ordered with other tests) or one gray (sodium fluoride & potassium oxalate) top tube (if ordered alone). Also acceptable: Lithium heparin or EDTA plasma. |
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| Transport | 1 mL serum at 2-8ºC. | ||||||||
| Stability | After separation from cells or in gray top tube: Ambient: 8 hours; Refrigerated: 3 days |
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| Schedule | Daily-24 hours per day | ||||||||
| Billing Code | 1010036 | ||||||||
| CPTCode | 82947 | ||||||||
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