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Ethylene Glycol, Serum, STAT

Important Note

Step by Step Ethylene Glycol Tesing  Procedure

STAT Availability

This test is usually ordered stat and requires a stat couirer pickup Monday- Sunday

1. Call befor 4pm for stat pickup (Hot Shot)Regional Express, LLC.

Contact- Terry Bozzy

Office- 573-803-1555

Address- 297 N. Broadview ST Cape Girardeu, MO 63701

Tim- 573-620-1774

 If on a weekend, please call cell phone 275-1041

 

 2. Regional Express can only perform one pickup per day and prior to 4pm.  L&P or other couriers can also perform this duty if Regional Express cannot. 

L&P Deliveries 573-339-8135

In all cases a miscellaneous charge ticket covering cost of the trip should be filled out/charged to the patient account.

Using the following link an order form can be generated which must accompany the specimen to Lab: Barnes Jewish Ethylene Glycol/ Methanol Requisition.

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Additional Codes

 

Ordering Mnemonic Barnes Jewish test code
HOM: MISC LAB 1006

 

Performing Laboratory

Barnes- Jewish Hospital Laboratory

Specimen Requirements

Barnes Jewish Ethylene Glycol and Methanol Specimen Requirements  

 

Specimen Type: Serum

Container/Tube: Plain red top- Separator gel tube is not acceptable

Specimen Volume: Full tube

Specimen Minimum Volume: 2 ml

Collection Instructions:

1. Arm must be cleansed with water only.

2. Avoid exposure of specimen to atmosphere.

3. Centrifuge specimen within 2 hours of draw and send serum aliquot to laboratory refrigerated.

Specimen Transport Temperature

Refrigerated < 2day OK

Refrigerated- Send to Barnes on ice pack to keep cool

 

Reference Values

Normal: none detected

Critical result (automatic call-back): any detectable amount (level of detection is ≥ 4 mg/dL)

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Turnaround time is approximatley 8hrs upon receipt.

Test Classification and CPT Coding

82693-Quantitation

82693-Confirmation (if appropriate)

Methodology

Gas-Liquid Chromatography (GLC)