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EPIC CODE: LAB444 Sodium, Urine Random

ADDITIONAL TEST CODE

Sunquest: UNA

REGIONAL HOSPITAL PERFORMING

UPH Methodist Hospital

Collect

Random urine in clean, dry container with secure lid.

Storage/Transport Temperature

Entire urine collection or 5 mL aliquot from random collection (with total volume documented) at 2-8oC. (Min: 0.5 mL)

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Ambient (room temperature): Unstable

Refrigerated: 7 days

Frozen (-20o C) Stability: 6 months

Unacceptable Conditions

Urine containing blood or fecal matter

Days Performed

Sunday – Saturday

Methodology

Indirect Potentiometric

Reference Interval

Reference Inervals have not been established for this specimen type.

CPT Codes

84300