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LACTIC ACID
Test CodeLAB95
CPT Codes
83605
Preferred Specimen
One 4 mL gray top tube on ice
Pediatric: One gray top microtainer on ice.
Pediatric: One gray top microtainer on ice.
Instructions
Sample should be immediately placed on ice after collection and transported to the lab without delay.
Transport Container
Sample must be centrifuged immediately after collection. Plasma must be removed from the red cells and put into aliquot tubes following centrifugation.
Transport Temperature
On Ice
Specimen Stability
Unstable, transport to lab ASAP
Ambient: Unstable
Refrigerated: 3 days
Frozen: 3 days
Ambient: Unstable
Refrigerated: 3 days
Frozen: 3 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Specimens not received on ice will be rejected.
Samples with gross hemolysis.
Samples with gross hemolysis.
Methodology
Lactate to Pyruvate
Setup Schedule
Sunday-Saturday
Reference Range
Therapeutic level: 0.5-2.2 mmol/L
Critical level: >=4.0 mmol/L
Critical level: >=4.0 mmol/L
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
