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Test Code HH Hemoglobin and Hematocrit

EHR Test Codes

  Test Code Test Name
Atlas HH Hemoglobin/Hematocrit
Cerner HH Hemoglobin and Hematocrit

 

Specimen Requirements

Preparation of Patient: 

None

 

Container Type: 

3 mL EDTA lavender top tube

Specimen Type:

EDTA Whole Blood

 

Specimen Volume: 

3 mL of EDTA whole blood minimum 1 mL

 

Specimen Handling/Transport:

Do not aliquot.  Transport ambient room temperature

 

Specimen Stability/Storage:

24 hours ambient room temperature

 

Specimen Rejection:

6mL lavender top tube

Specimen clotted

Gross hemoloysis

Performing Laboratory

Munson Healthcare Laboratories

Hematology Department

Priority, Frequency, & Turnaround

Priority:

STAT, ASAP, Non-Emergent

 

Frequency:

24 hours 7 days a week

 

Turnaround:

0 - 1 days

STAT 30 minutes from receipt in lab

Test Panel

HGB Hemoglobin
HCT Hematocrit

Methodology

See individual tests for information.

Reporting

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Clinical Significance

See individual tests for information.

CPT Code(s)

85018

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