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Collection (COLL)

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EPIC Test Name

COLLECTION, SPECIMEN

EPIC Code

LAB2808

Specimen Requirements

Urine
Collection:Empty your bladder by voiding completely at a specified early morning time and discard this urine. Collect and save all future specimens over the next 24 hours, until the next morning at the specified early morning time, at which time you empty your bladder by voiding for the final time and save this specimen with the rest of the collection. Urine upon collection should be emptied into the 2 quart plastic container provided and refrigerated. Patient's name, address, date and starting and ending time of the collection should be printed on the container.
Transport:Room Temperature ASAP
Stability:Room Temperature: 2 days at 20-25 degrees C
Refrigerated: 6 days at 2-8 degrees C
Frozen: 6 months at -15 to -25 degrees C
Container:2 quart plastic container
Processing/Storage:Aliquot from a fresh well mixed 24 hour urine collection. Blood must be collected for a serum creatinine within 24 hours of the start time or end time of the urine collection in order to calculate a creatinine clearance.

Methods

documented
Measured

Turnaround Time

SpecimenTurnaround TimeFrequency
Urine2 daysdaily

Reference Ranges

Begin Date Collection - documented
All Range
Not established
End Date Collection - documented
All Range
Not established
Hr Collected - documented
All Range
Not established
Begin Time Collection - documented
All Range
Not established
Volume - Measured
All Range
Not established

Common Synonyms

Urine 24 hour Collection

Performed

Lab
Chemistry - Downtown

CPT

81050

LOINC

8251-1

Contact Information

Chemistry - Downtown: (315)464-4460
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