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Performing Lab(s)
Memorial-Belleville only
Methodology
Quantitative Electrochemiluminescent Immunoassay
Specimen Requirement (s)
Specimen Type: plasma (preferred) or serum
Container/Tube: Mint green (LiHep) tube (preferred), SST (gold or marble) or plain red top
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Minimum Volume: 1 mL
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: No
Routine: less than 8 hours from receipt.
Transport and Stability
Transport temperature: Ambient to lab
Analyte Stability:
Ambient: NA
Refrigerated: 2 weeks
Frozen: 6 months
CPT/LOINC Codes
83002
Interpretive Data
Interpretive Data
Males:
Adults: 1.7 - 8.6 IUnits/L
Females:
Follicular: 2.4 - 12.6 IUnits/L
Ovulation: 14.0 - 95.6 IUnits/L
Luteal: 1.0 - 11.4 IUnits/L
Postmenopausal: 7.7 - 58.5 IUnits/L
Current interpretive data was last revised on 5/31/2019.