RANDOM URINE FREE KAPPA/LAMBDA FREELITES PANEL,RANDOM

Message

SENDOUT/BOSTON

Test Code

UA RAND, FREE KAPPA/LAMBDA FREELITES

Alias/See Also

URINE FREE KAPPA/LAMBDA, FREE K/L PANEL URINE

Includes

KAPPA LC FREE, LAMBDA LC FREE

Preferred Specimen

URINE

Minimum Volume

1mL(RANDOM), 10mL(24HR)

Other Acceptable Specimens

24HR URINE COLLECTION

Instructions

COLLECT RANDOM URINE SAMPLE AND SEND TO LAB. IF PATIENT IS IN NEED OF 24 HR SAMPLE HAVE THEM GET JUG FROM LAB. VOID FIRST MORNING URINE IN TOILET LIKE NORMAL, EVERY URINE AFTER THAT INCLUDING THE SECOND MORNING'S FIRST URINE CAN GO IN JUG. WRITE DOWN THE DATE AND TIME YOU STARTED AND STOPPED. URINE MUST BE KEPT REFRIGERATED DURING COLLECTION. BRING BACK TO WRJ LAB OR CBOC BEFORE 12 NOON FOR COURIER PICKUP.

Transport Container

STERILE CONTAINER- YELLOW BD TUBE(RANDOM), STERILE BROWN URINE CONTAINER(24HR)

Transport Temperature

REFRIGERATED

Specimen Stability

7 DAYS

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

GROSS HEMOLYSIS, MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION

Methodology
IMMUNOTURBIDIMETRY

Setup Schedule

M-F

Report Available

2-4 DAYS

Reference Range

Test Reference range
Free kappa 0.1 - 32.71 mg/L
Free lambda 0.5 - 4.99 mg/L

Clinical Significance

Used to diagnose monoclonal gammopathies.

Performing Laboratory
WEST ROXBURY MA VA West Roxbury Immunology Lab Contact Robert Boc 857-203-5978

Additional Information
FREE KAPPA/LAMBDA RANDOM URINE

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