Chlorpropamide, Serum/Plasma

Test Code

373

CPT Codes
80299

Preferred Specimen

1 mL serum collected in a red-top tube (no gel)

Minimum Volume

0.3 mL

Other Acceptable Specimens

Plasma collected in: Sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate (gray-top) tube

Instructions

Promptly centrifuge and separate serum or plasma into a transport tube.

Transport Container

Transport tube

Transport Temperature

Room temperature

Specimen Stability

Room temperature: 28 days
Refrigerated: 28 days
Frozen: 24 months

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

Serum separator tube (SST) • Polymer gel separation tube

Methodology
High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

Clinical Significance

An oral hypoglycemic

Performing Laboratory

NMS Labs

200 Welsh Road

Horsham, PA 19044

Last Updated: November 6, 2024

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