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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Test Catalogue
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PageMiddleContent UreaChemistrySpecimen Requirements | Type | | Container | | Required Volume | - Optimal Volume: 4.5 mL Full collection tube
- Minimum Volume: 1 mL
(Submitting
the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform
confirmatory/reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum volume may
require a second collection.) - Pediatric Volume
| Stability/Storage | - 4 hours on cells
- 7 days at 2 – 8 ºC
| Grounds for Rejection | | Testing Information | Availability | | Testing Site | - SPH,RUH,SCH
- Rural-Humboldt, Lanigan, Rosthern, Wadena, Watrous, Watson, Wynyard
| Results Reporting | - In Hospital reported within 2 hours
- Community urgent reported within 4 hours
- Community routine reported within 24 hours
| Methodology | - Spectrophotometric
- Rural-colorimetric
| Specimen Retention
| | Alternate Test Names | | SHR LIS Test Code
| - UREA
- UC (Urea,Creatinine)
- LYTE5 (Na,K,Cl,CO2,Urea)
- LYTE6(Na,K,Cl,CO2,Urea,Creat)
- LYTE7 (Na,K,Cl,CO2,Urea,Creat,Glucose) (For Laboratory Use Only)
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PageBottomContent If you choose to print this information, it is valid only on date of print. Laboratory Controlled Document LSM-255 v3
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