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Test Code OSMO Osmolality

Additional Codes

Hospital Ordering Code
LAB107  OSMOLALITY

Specimen Requirements

Container/Tube Type: 

Green (Lithium Heparin)
Lime Green (Heparin Plasma Separator Tube)
Red (No Additive)
SST (Serum Separator)

 

Transport Information: 

1.0 mL blood/0.3 mL serum

 

Minimum Sample Volume: 

0.2 mL blood/0.1 mL serum

Performing Laboratory

Pathology Laboratory, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines

CPT

83930

Specimen Transport Temperature

Refrigerated Stability: 

7 days

 

Frozen Stability: 

Indefinitely

 

Ambient Stability: 

12 hours

Day(s) Test Set Up

Performed: 

Daily: 24 hours a day

 

Analytical Time: 

3 hours