| | Last updated 12/21/2004 8:56:56 AM | Page 4 |
| | Refrigerate all specimens unless "freeze" or | TAT = turn around time | S/U = STAT/Urgent |
| | "room temperature" is specified in handling info. | D/E/N = Days/Evenings/Nights | R = Routine |
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| | Aldolase | Alpha 1 Antitrypsin |
| | Aldo | A1A |
| | Meditech | ALDO | Meditech | A1A |
| | HBOC | ALDOLAS | 16066 | | HBOC | ALPHA 1 | 16082 |
| | CPT | 82085 | | CPT | 82103 |
| | Location: | Send out test | Location: | Send out test |
| | Specimen: | Spun serum gel tube; separate | Specimen: | Spun serum gel tube, |
| | serum and refrigerate. | refrigerated |
| | Min. Volume: | 1 ml serum |
| | Min. Volume: | 1 ml serum | Handling: | Refrigerate |
| | Handling: | Separate serum within 30 |
| | minutes; Refrigerate. Avoid | _________________________________________ |
| | hemolysis. | Alpha 2 Antiplasmin |
| | _________________________________________ | Meditech | A2A |
| | Aldosterone, Serum | HBOC | ALPHA 2 | 14 |
| | CPT | 85410 |
| | Meditech | ALDS | Location: | Send out test |
| | HBOC | ALDOSTE | 11760 | | Specimen: | Na Citrate Blue Top Tube |
| | CPT | 82088 |
| | Location: | Send out test | _________________________________________ |
| | Specimen: | Spun serum gel tube, separate | Alpha Feto Protein (Maternal) |
| | serum and refrigerate or |
| | freeze. | AFP |
| | Min. Volume: | 1 ml serum | Meditech | AFPM |
| | Handling: | Refrigerate or Freeze. | HBOC | ALPHA | 18872 |
| | CPT | 82105 |
| | _________________________________________ | Location: | Send out test |
| | Alkaline Phosphatase | Specimen: | Spun serum gel tubes or 2 ml |
| | amniotic fluid. |
| | Alk Phos | Min. Volume: | 3 ml serum |
| | Meditech | ALP |
| | HBOC | ALKALIN | 1050 | | _________________________________________ |
| | CPT | 84075 | | Alpha Feto Protein (Tumor Marker) |
| | Location: | In house test | AFP |
| | Specimen: | Spun serum gel tube |
| | Meditech | AFP |
| | Min. Volume: | 1 ml serum | HBOC | ALPHA | 16090 |
| | Test | Daily; D/E/N | CPT | 82105 |
| | TAT: | R: 8 hrs, S/U: 4 hrs | Location: | Send out test |
| | Comments: | Included in "Liver Panel", | Specimen: | Spun serum gel tube, |
| | "Chemistry Panel with Lytes", | Specimen: | Spun serum gel tube, |
| | and "Comprehensive Panel". | Refrigerated. |
| | Min. Volume: | 1 ml serum |
| | Handling: | Refrigerate |
| | _________________________________________ | Comments: | Order "AFPM" for "Alpha Feto |
| | Alkaline Phosphatase Isoenzymes | Protein, Maternal" |
| | Meditech | APISO | _________________________________________ |
| | HBOC | ALKALIN | 16876 | | Alpha-Tocopherol |
| | CPT | 84075 |
| | Location: | Send out test | Comments: | see "Vitamin E", 44 |
| | Specimen: | Spun serum gel tube, |
| | refrigerated |
| | Min. Volume: | 2 ml serum |
| | Handling: | Fasting specimen is required. |
| | Avoid hemolysis. Refrigerate. |
| | Comments: | Patient age & sex required. |