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HelpOrder Code LABHCSFV Hold CSF Vials
Useful For
This is a hold order for cerebrospinal fluid collected via lumbar puncture or foreign body shunt.
Specimen Requirements
2 mL of spinal fluid collected from lumbar puncture using an aseptic technique. Divide spinal fluid into 4 screw-capped, sterile vials each containing 0.5 mL, and send refrigerated. Maintain sterility and forward promptly.
Label the specimen with the patient's name, date of birth, or hospital medical record number, specimen source, date and time of collection, and collector's initials if a EPIC provided label is not available.
Please ensure that the labeling on each EPIC corresponds accurately to the sequence in which the CSF screw cap tube was obtained.
Specimen Stability
Maintain sterility and forward promptly to the laboratory.
Reference Ranges
STARTING MARCH 31, 2026
| Body Fluids | WBC/uL | PMN % | MN % | RBC/ uL | Color | Clarity |
| CSF - adult | 0-5 | 0-6 | 80-100 | 0 | Colorless | Clear |
| CSF - neonate | 0-30 | 0-6 | 80-100 | 0 | Colorless | Clear |
| Peritoneal | # | # | # | # | # | # |
| Pleural | # | # | # | # | # | # |
| Synovial | 0-199 | < 25 | < 75 | not reported | # | # |
# = Result will be reported but reference range will be "Reference intervals have not been established. The test result must be integrated into the clinical context for interpretation."
Performing Laboratory
Ridgeview Medical Center Laboratory
Two Twelve Medical Center Laboratory