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Performing Lab(s)
Memorial-Belleville & Memorial-Shiloh
Specimen Requirement (s)
Specimen: whole blood
Type: Container/Tube: Lavender (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: full tube
Specimen Minimum Volume: tube must be > 1/2 full
Collection Instructions: NA
Lab instructions: NA
Unacceptable Conditions
- Microtainer
- Hemolyzed
- Clotted specimen
Day(s)/Shift(s) Test Set Up and Turnaround Time
Sunday through Saturday
Hours: 24 hours
Turnaround Time:
STAT: 30 minutes
Routine: less than 24 hours from receipt
Transport and Stability
Transport temperature: Ambient to lab
Reference Values
Sed Rate
|
Age |
Sex |
Reference Values |
|
0 – 1 day |
Female |
0 – 2 mm/hr |
|
1 days – 18 years |
3 – 13 mm/hr |
|
|
18 – 50 years |
1 – 20 mm/hr |
|
|
>50 years |
1 – 30 mm/hr |
|
|
0 – 1 day |
Male |
0 – 2 mm/hr |
|
1 days – 18 years |
3 – 13 mm/hr |
|
|
18 – 50 years |
1 – 15 mm/hr |
|
|
>50 years |
1 – 20 mm/hr |
CPT/LOINC Codes
85652