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ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH)
Test CodeLAB3041026
CPT Codes
82024
Preferred Specimen
One 3 mL lavender top tube on ice
Minimum Volume
1 mL blood
Instructions
Place sample on ice immediately after collection. Take to lab immediately. Sample must be centrifuged within one hour of collection. Serum/plasma must be removed from the red cells and put into aliquot tubes following centrifugation.
Required for testing 0.5 mL plasma
Required for testing 0.5 mL plasma
Transport Temperature
Frozen
Specimen Stability
Highly unstable, must be frozen Frozen: 10 weeks at -20°C
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Serum or heparinized plasma samples are not acceptable. Specimen not received on ice.
Methodology
Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay ECLIA
Setup Schedule
Monday-Friday
Reference Range
Male: 1 week-9 years: 5.5-52 pg/mL
10 years-18 years: 6.6-62 pg/mL:
≥19 years: 7.7-77 pg/mL
Female: 1 week-9 years: 5.5-52 pg/mL
10 years-18 years: 6.6-62 pg/mL:
≥19 years: 6.6-65 pg/mL
10 years-18 years: 6.6-62 pg/mL:
≥19 years: 7.7-77 pg/mL
Female: 1 week-9 years: 5.5-52 pg/mL
10 years-18 years: 6.6-62 pg/mL:
≥19 years: 6.6-65 pg/mL
Performing Laboratory
West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.
