Albumin

Test Code

ALBUMIN

Alias/See Also

Chemistry

Preferred Specimen

Light Green Top Tube -Plasma

Minimum Volume

2 mL

Other Acceptable Specimens

Gold Top Tube

Transport Temperature

Refrigerate

Specimen Stability

Room temperature: 2.5 months
Refrigerated (2-8°C): 5 months
Frozen (-20°C or colder): 3 months

Methodology
BCP

Setup Schedule

Daily

Report Available

TAT 1 day

Reference Range

3.5 - 5.0 g/dL

Clinical Significance

Serum albumin measurements are used in the monitoring and treatment of numerous diseases involving those related to nutrition and pathology particularly in the liver and kidney. Serum albumin is valuable when following response to therapy where improvement in the serum albumin level is the best sign of successful medical treatment. There may be a loss of albumin in the gastrointestinal tract, in the urine secondary to renal damage or direct loss of albumin through the skin. More than 50% of patients with gluten enteropathy have depressed albumin. The only cause of increased albumin is dehydration; there is no naturally occurring hyperalbuminemia.

Performing Laboratory
Test performed in BACL Chemistry Labs
Contact: Jonathan Dryjowicz-Burek, West Roxbury 857-203-5973
Alternate contact Joseph A. Manzone, Jamaica Plain 857-364-5092
Alternate contact Diane Robert Brockton 774-826-2294
Alternate contact Bhumikaben Patel Bedford 781-687-2976

Last Updated: May 17, 2022

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