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Performing Lab(s)
Memorial-Belleville & Memorial-Shiloh
Specimen Requirement (s)
Specimen Type:Random Urine
Container/Tube: Urine cup or tube
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Specimen Minimum Volume: 1 mL
Collection Instructions: Deliver to lab immediately
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 or refrigerated to lab
Reference Values
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends that an albumin/creatinine ratio be reported on all random urine specimens for microalbumin analysis. In accordance with ADA recommendations, the reference range for microalbumin analysis is:
- <30 mg/g creatinine (milligram/gram of creatinine)
Literature Reference:
1. Diabetes Care. 2010; 33: Supplement 1, S11-S61.
2. Rifai N, Horvath AR, Wittwer AT eds: Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics 6th ed: Chapter 57, p. 1160, Elsevier, St. Louis, MO 2018.
CPT/LOINC Codes
82043-Microalbumin
82570-Creatinine