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EPIC CODE: LAB136 Triiodothyronine

ADDITIONAL TEST CODE

Sunquest: TT3

REGIONAL HOSPITAL PERFORMING

UPH Methodist Hospital
UPH Pekin and UPH Proctor Hospitals will transport to UPH Methodist for testing.

Collect

One 6 mL Gold (Min: 4 mL)

Other Acceptable Specimen(s)

Red, or Green top tube.

Storage/Transport Temperature

Centrifuged gold or 1 mL serum/plasma. (Min: 0.2 mL)

Stability (from collection to initiation)

 

AFTER SEPERATIONS FROM CELLS

Ambient (room temperature)

8 hours

Refrigerated

48 hours

Frozen (-20° C)

3 months

Unacceptable Conditions

Grossly hemolyzed samples.

Days Performed

Sunday – Saturday

Methodology

Chemiluminescent Immunoassay Centaur

Reference Interval

0.60-1.81 ng/mL

 

PEDIATRIC RANGES (ng/mL)

1-23 MONTHS:

 1.17-2.39
2-12 YEARS 1.05-2.07

13-20 YEARS

 0.86-1.92
> 20 YEARS 0.60-1.81

CPT Codes

84480