Glucose, Maternal Screen

Method Name

Colormetric

Aliases

Glucose, Maternal Screen; MDS, Glucose - MDS

Specimen Required

one gray top tube or one SST/gel tube

Specimen Minimum Volume

1.0 mL of blood

Specimen Stability Information

Centrifuged specimen stable for 72 hours refrigerated.

Special Instructions

The patient does not need to be fasting. The patient is given a 50 gram glucose solution to drink and the blood specimen is drawn exactly 1 hour later. The patient should remain inactive and receive nothing by mouth (including tobacco) during the test period.

Performing Laboratory

As ordered. Turn around time is 4 hours.

Reference Values

< 140 mg/dL at one hour after the dose