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Performing Lab(s)
Memorial-Belleville & Memorial-Shiloh
Specimen Requirement (s)
Specimen: plasma
Type: Container/Tube: Mint green (LiHep) tubes
Specimen Volume: 2 mL each
Specimen Minimum Volume: 1 mL of plasma
Collection instructions: NA
Lab instructions: NA
Day(s)/Shift(s) Test Set Up and Turnaround Time
Sunday through Saturday
Hours: 24 hours
Turnaround Time:
STAT: 60 minutes
Routine: less than 8 hours from receipt
Transport and Stability
Transport temperature: Ambient to lab
Reference Values
Protein, Total - Plasma
|
Age |
Reference Values |
|
0 – 7 days |
4.5 – 7 g/dL |
|
> 7 days – 1 year |
5.5 – 7.5 g/dL |
|
>1 year |
6.5 – 8.5 g/dL |
Protein, Total - Serum
|
Age |
Reference Values |
|
0 – 7 days |
4.2 – 6.7 g/dL |
|
> 7 days – 1 year |
5.2 – 7.2 g/dL |
|
>1 year |
6.2 – 8.2 g/dL |
CPT/LOINC Codes
84155