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Glucose, Random

Specimen Requirements

Specimen must arrive within 72 hours of draw.

 

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

 

Plasma

Container/Tube: Green-top (heparin) gel tube or grey-top (potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride) tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL of heparinized plasma or potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride plasma
Transport Temperature: Refrigerate
Collection Instructions: Centrifuge within 1 hour of draw. For grey-top (potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride) tube(s), do not centrifuge. Forward promptly.

Note: 1. Medicare frequency limitations exist for this test in addition to diagnosis requirements. Click on link for list of medically necessary diagnoses: http://www.munsonhealthcare.org/medical-necessity . See Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) form in Special Instructions.

2. Indicate plasma.

3. Label specimen appropriately (plasma).


Serum
Container/Tube: Gold-top serum gel tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL of serum
Transport Temperature: Refrigerate
Collection Instructions: Centrifuge within 1 hour of draw. Forward promptly.

Note: 1. Medicare frequency limitations exist for this test in addition to diagnosis requirements. Click on link for list of medically necessary diagnoses: http://www.munsonhealthcare.org/medical-necessity.  See Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) form in Special Instructions.

2. Indicate serum.

3. Label specimen appropriately (serum).

Performing Laboratory

Munson Healthcare Laboratories

Methodology

Glucose Oxidase

Reference Values

No established reference values

Critical values (automatic call-back):

      for patients up to 21 years old  ≤ 35 mg/dL, ≥ 200 mg/dL 

      for patients 21 years and older  ≤ 50mg/dL, ≥500 mg/dL

50 mg/dL or >/=500 mg/dL

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

82947

Special Instructions