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Chloride, 24 Hour, Urine
Test CodeUCL24
Alias/See Also
Epic: LAB2437
Preferred Specimen
Specimen Type: Urine
Collection Container: 24 hour collection kit
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Minimum Volume
0.5 mL
Instructions
- Collect urine for 24 hours.
- Refrigerated specimen with 4 hours of complettion of 24-hour collection
- Total volume, start and completion date are required
- Patient 24 Hour Collection Instructions
Processing 24-hour urine specimens
- Measure the total volume of the specimen.
- Mix the specimen well.
- Order 24URN in Soft and enter prompted information.
- Aliquot/transfer at least 3 mL specimen into plastic clear top (no additive) vacutainer tube.
- IL 24-hour Urine Pre-Analytical Processing Job Aid
Transport Container
Clear top (no additive) tube
Do not send the 24 hour collection kit/jug to the lab
Do not send the 24 hour collection kit/jug to the lab
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 1 month
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Unlabeled, mislabeled, wrong tube type, large amount of free hemoglobin, and/or bilirubin,, QNS, exceeds specimen/stability requirements.
Methodology
Indirect (diluted) Ion-selective electrode
Setup Schedule
Daily
Report Available
Same day
Reference Range
| 0-1 year | 1-18years | 18-150 years |
| 2-10 mEq/24Hr | 15-40 mEq/24Hr | 110-250mEq/24Hr |
Performing Laboratory
Inova Laboratories
2832 Juniper Street
Fairfax, VA 22031
Last Updated: April 26, 2023
Last Review: N. Wolford, April 26, 2023