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PROTEIN TOTAL
Test CodeLAB118
CPT Codes
84155
Preferred Specimen
One 4.5 mL light green top tube
Pediatric: One light green top microtainer
Pediatric: One light green top microtainer
Other Acceptable Specimens
Dark green top tube
Red top tube
Gold top tube
Red top tube
Gold top tube
Instructions
Sample must be centrifuged within two hours of collection. Serum/plasma must be removed from the red cells and put into aliquot tubes following centrifugation.
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Specimen Stability
Centrifuge within 2 hours of collection
Ambient: 7 days
Refrigerated: 1 month
Frozen: 2 months
Ambient: 7 days
Refrigerated: 1 month
Frozen: 2 months
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Gross hemolysis
Methodology
Biuret, Kinetic
Setup Schedule
Sunday-Saturday
Reference Range
Age | Reference Range |
0D-15D | 5.3-8.3 g/dL |
16D-12M | 4.4-7.1 g/dL |
1Y-5Y | 6.1-7.5 g/dL |
6Y-8Y | 6.4-7.7 g/dL |
9Y-18Y | 6.5-8.1 g/dL |
19Y-59Y | 6.4-8.3 g/dL |
>=60Y | 6.0-8.0 g/dL |
Performing Laboratory
West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.
Bluefield Pavilion Campus Berkeley Medical Center Barnesville Hospital Braxton County Memorial Camden Clark Medical Center Camden Clark Medical Center Fairmont Medical Center Garrett Regional Medical Center Harrison Community Hospital Jackson General Hospital Jefferson Medical Center Princeton Community Hospital Potomac Valley Hospital Reynolds Memorial Hospital Summersville Regional Medical Center St. Joseph’s Hospital United Hospital Center Uniontown Hospital Wetzel County Hospital Wheeling Hospital