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Order Code ORDER WITH ORDER SET Parathyroid Hormone (PTH), with Minerals, Serum and Plasma

Important Note

No add on orders accepted, UNLESS PTH specimen has been frozen entire time.

Plasma CANNOT be Frozen

ORDER THE CA,CREAT AND PHOS INDIVIDUALLY

CA, CREAT and PHOS will have separate accession number and require a different refrigerated aliquot tube.

Useful For

As an aid in the differential diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism, hypoparathyroidism, or disorders of calcium metabolism.  PTH w/minerals includes Calcium, Phosphorus and Creatinine measurments.

Specimen Requirements

Special Note: Intraoperative (surgical) specimens can be run on green top (Lithium heparin) tube.

Specimen Type: Serum and Plasma

Container/Tube: 

Preferred: Serum, Plain red top or SST (gold top)

Acceptable: Plasma, Green top (Lithium Heparin) gel tube

Specimen Volume: 1.0 mL

Specimen Stability

Specimen Type Temperature Stability          
Serum/plasma Ambient

≤ 8 hours

  Refrigerated

≤ 48 hours

Serum only (plasma cannot be frozen) Frozen (preferred)

≤ 16 weeks

Reference Range

14.2-75.2 pg/mL

Day(s) Test Set Up

Mondays through Sunday

Performing Laboratory

Ridgeview Medical Center Laboratory

 

Methodology

Immunometric