Basic Metabolic Panel (8)

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Category:

Turnaround Time: Within 1 day
CPT Code:

80048

Test Type: 1 mL Serum (preferred) or plasma
Stability Time:

Temperature

Period

Room temperature

14 days

Refrigerated

14 days

Frozen

14 days

Freeze/thaw cycles

Stable x3

Overview:

Collection Details:

Patient Preparation:

Patient should fast for 12 hours preceding collection of specimen.

Collection Instructions:

Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top (lithium heparin) tube. Do NOT use Oxalate, EDTA, or Citrate Plasma.

Draw blood in a gel-barrier tube and centrifuge. If red-top tube or green-top tube is used, centrifuge within 45 minutes of draw, remove the serum or plasma, and place in a transport tube and tightly stopper the tube.

Room temperature.