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Test Code 62870874 Bilirubin Total

Performing Laboratory

Torrance Memorial Laboratories

Specimen Requirements

 

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

 

Hospital Preferred Specimen Type: Plasma

Container/Tube: Lithium heparin gel

 

Outreach Preferred Specimen Type: Serum

Container/Tube: Serum gel

Infants (1 Day to 2 Months)

Container/Tube: Lithium gel

 

Spin Instructions:

Serum gel:  Allow to sit for 30 minutes prior to spinning.  Spin within 2 hours of collection.

Heparin plasma: Spin within 45 minutes of collection.    

 

Additional Instructions:

Avoid prolonged exposure to light.

 

Also acceptable:  Red top tube

Specimen Transport Temperature

Ambient

 

Storage Temp Stability:
Room Temperature: 24 hours
Refrigerated Temperature: 7 days
 

Storage Temp Stability: Serum
Room Temperature: 12 hours
Refrigerated Temperature: 7 days

Methodology

Spectrophotometry

Reference Range

Reference range change effective 6/22/2021

Birth - 2 weeks: 0.0 - 12.0 mg/dL

> 2 weeks:        0.2 - 1.2 mg/dL

Day(s) Test Set up/TAT

Performed:

Daily

Available STAT

TAT:

STAT: <1 hr

Routine: < 4 hrs

Aliases

Unconjugated Bilirubin

Indirect Bilirubin

CPT Code

82247