GLUCOSE TOLERANCE GESTATIONAL 3 HR

Test Code

LAB1744

Quest Code

6745

CPT Codes
82951, 82952

Includes

Fasting, 1-Hour, 2-Hour, 3-Hour glucose

Preferred Specimen

Four - 1 mL plasma specimens collected in fluoride/oxalate (gray-top) tubes

Patient Preparation
Fasting required. Fasting is defined as no consumption of food or beverage other than water for at least 8 hours before testing.

Minimum Volume

0.5 mL for each specimen

Other Acceptable Specimens

Plasma from fluoride/oxalate (gray-top) tube in a plastic screw-cap vial • Serum (separated from cells immediately) in a plastic screw-cap vial • Spun SST • Plasma from lithium heparin (green-top) tube in a plastic screw-cap vial • Plasma from sodium heparin (green-top) tube in a plastic screw-cap vial

Instructions

Immediately after a fasting specimen is obtained, have patient ingest a 100 g load of glucose. Draw subsequent specimens 1, 2 and 3 hours later. Label each with the specific draw time. Serum and plasma submissions must be separated from cells.

Transport Container

Fluoride/oxalate (gray-top) tubes

Transport Temperature

Room temperature

Specimen Stability

Serum
Room temperature: 4 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 28 days

Whole blood (gray-top) tube
Room temperature: 24 hours
Refrigerated: 72 hours
Frozen: Unacceptable

Sodium fluoride plasma
Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 28 days

Heparinized plasma
Room temperature: 48 hours
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 28 days

Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)

Unspun serum or plasma separator tube (SST or PST) • Red-top or green-top tube (serum or heparinized plasma not separated from cells) • Anticoagulants other than lithium heparin, sodium heparin or fluoride/oxalate

Methodology
Spectrophotometry (SP)

Setup Schedule

Tues-sat

Report Available

1-4 days

Limitations

Glucose levels may be depressed if sample is left on clot for an excessive length of time.

Reference Range

Glucose, Fasting			65-94 mg/dL
Glucose, 1-Hour			<180 mg/dL
Glucose, 2-Hour			<155 mg/dL
Glucose, 3-Hour			<140 mg/dL

Clinical Significance

Plasma glucose levels may be abnormally high (hyperglycemia) or abnormally low (hypoglycemia). Glucose measurements are used in the diagnosis and treatment of carbohydrate metabolic disorders.

Performing Laboratory

Quest Diagnostics-Lenexa

10101 Renner Blvd

Lenexa , KS 66219-9752

Last Updated: August 13, 2021

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