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Sunquest: ALT
REGIONAL HOSPITAL PERFORMING
UnityPoint Health Methodist
COLLECTION/TRANSPORT
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Collect
Serum or Plasma collected in Gold (SST), Plain Red, or Green Vacutainer Tube.
Preferred Volume: 6mL
Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL serum/plasma
Storage/Transport Temperature
Centrifuged gold top or 1 mL serum/plasma (Min: 0.3 mL) ambient (room temperature) or refrigerated.
Seperate serum or plasma from cells ASAP or within 2 hours from collection.
Stability
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SEPERATED FROM CELLS |
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Ambient (room temperature) |
24 hours |
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Refrigerated (2-8° C) |
7 days |
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Frozen (-20° C) |
1 month |
Unacceptable Conditions
Hemolyzed specimens or specimens with cellular material. Potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride should not be used as anticoagulatnt.
Special Testing Notes
DO NOT freeze.
Remarks
Sulfasalazine and Sulfapyirdine an interfere with the chemistry analyzers used int he UnityPoint Health Central Illinois Region Laboratories. Due to the assay use of NADH/NADPH, when patients are on these medication, the test can have either false elevation or depression of results. Patient labs need to be drawn prior to administraiton of these medications.
ORDERING
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Day(s) Performed
Sunday-Saturday
Methodology
Enzymatic Vista
RESULTING
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Reference Interval
Female: 13-56 U/L
Male: 16-61 U/L
CPT
84460