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HelpTest Code LAB814/1029/UCA24 CALCIUM, URINE 24 HOUR
Specimen Type
24 HOUR URINE CONTAINER, NO PRESERVATIVE
MAY BE COLLECTED WITH:
30 ml OF 6N HCL.
Specimen Required
MIN: N/A
PROCESSING INSTRUCTIONS
INPATIENT: BRING DIRECTLY TO LABORATORY, WITHOUT DELAY.
CENTRAL PROCESSING:
DELIVER TO URINALYSIS AISLE.
OUTPATIENT:
STORE RETURNED CONTAINER IN REFRIGERATOR.
METHOD
SPECTROPHOTOMETRY
Specimen Retention Time
7 DAYS
TRANSPORT TEMPERATURE
REFRIGERATED
DAY(S) TEST PERFORMED
DAILY
CPT
82340
LOINC
CALCIUM 24 HR URINE: 6874-2
CALCIUM URINE:
17862-4
URINE VOLUME:
19153-6
COLLECTION INTERVAL: 13362-9
SYNONYMS
CA URINE 24
SPECIMEN STABILITY FOR TESTING
ROOM TEMPERATURE: UP TO 5 DAYS
REFRIGERATED: UP TO 7 DAYS
Additional Information
IF ENTIRE COLLECTION NOT SUBMITTED, THEN A 50 ML ALIQUOT OF A WELL MIXED 24 HOUR COLLECTION IS ACCEPTABLE (MUST INCLUDE TOTAL VOLUME).
PATIENT: VOID AND DISCARD FIRST SPECIMEN - THIS VOID WILL BE YOUR START TIME. PLACE ALL SUBSEQUENT SAMPLES IN THE COLLECTION CONTAINER FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS AFTER YOUR START TIME. TO END YOUR 24 HOUR COLLECTION, URINATE AT YOUR STOP TIME (THIS URINE WILL ALSO GO IN THE 24 HOUR URINE CONTAINER).
TEST INCLUDES
CALCIUM 24 HOUR URINE
CALCIUM, URINE
URINE VOLUME
COLLECTION INTERVAL