One 4.5 mL green top with gel (PST), lithium heparin plasma.
Patient Preparation
Instruct the patient to drink the 50g Glucola. The patient has 5 minutes to finish the drink in your presence. Once the patient has finished start the 1 hr. timer and draw the patient at 1hr. No baseline is needed and patient doesn’t need to be fasting
The patient may not have anything to eat or drink during testing except for water. The patient needs to stay in the outpatient lab during the duration of testing. If the patient vomits up the glucola testing will be stopped and the provider will need to be notified.
Unacceptable Conditions
Sodium fluoride anticoagulant; specimen not properly identified; insufficient sample volume.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Internal: Deliver to lab immediately
Offsite:Plasma: Centrifuge within 30 minutes of collection. Transport to laboratory at ambient t
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Before centrifugation: Ambient, 1 hour After centrifugation: Ambient 24 hours; refrigerated 7 days; frozen (-20 degrees C) 1 year.
One 4.5 mL green top with gel (PST), lithium heparin plasma.
Patient Preparation
Instruct the patient to drink the 50g Glucola. The patient has 5 minutes to finish the drink in your presence. Once the patient has finished start the 1 hr. timer and draw the patient at 1hr. No baseline is needed and patient doesn’t need to be fasting
The patient may not have anything to eat or drink during testing except for water. The patient needs to stay in the outpatient lab during the duration of testing. If the patient vomits up the glucola testing will be stopped and the provider will need to be notified.
Unacceptable Conditions
Sodium fluoride anticoagulant; specimen not properly identified; insufficient sample volume.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Internal: Deliver to lab immediately
Offsite:Plasma: Centrifuge within 30 minutes of collection. Transport to laboratory at ambient t
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Before centrifugation: Ambient, 1 hour After centrifugation: Ambient 24 hours; refrigerated 7 days; frozen (-20 degrees C) 1 year.
