Method Name
Colormetric
Aliases
Glucose, Serum; Glucose, Blood; Glucose, Glucose - Blood
Specimen Required
One Lithium Heparin or one SST gel or gray top tube
Specimen Minimum Volume
1.0 mL of blood
Specimen Stability Information
Centrifuged specimen stable for 72 hours refrigerated.
Special Instructions
A fasting specimen is preferred. Using a SST/corvac tube is preferred in emergency situations, because additional tests may be added to this type of specimen. Routine tests for glucose only should be drawn in a gray top tube.
Performing Laboratory
As ordered. Turn around time is 4 hours.
Reference Values
74 – 106 mg/dL