At least 1.0 mL arterial or venous whole blood in a plastic blood gas syringe with dry balanced heparin anticoagulant.
Immediately remove any syringe air bubbles from collected sample prior to transport. Remove needle prior to transportation.
Unacceptable Conditions
Sample submitted with needle attached (remove immediately post collection);
Uncapped sample syringe
Air bubbles in sample
Clotted sample
EDTA or citrate anticoagulant
Sample not properly identified
Insufficient sample volume.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Internal: Deliver to the laboratory immediately. Maintain sample at room temperature. Deliver to the laboratory within 30 minutes of collection. If sample cannot be submitted to the laboratory within 30 minutes, transport on ice within 1 hour.
Offsite: Utilize emergency courier to provide transport within criteria listed above. Please inquire with the receiving laboratory if emergency courier services are available prior to collecting the sample. If the sample is unable to reach the testing laboratory within 30 minutes of collection on ice, please do not collect the sample. Instruct the patient to have the labs drawn at the testing laboratories onsite outpatient phlebotomy lab to avoid unnecessary recollection due to delayed transport.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Ambient: 30 minutes; On Ice: 1 hour.
Performed
Upon receipt
Performed
Upon receipt
Methodology
Ion Selective Electrode
Reported
Within 1 hour of receipt
Synonyms
ICA WB
CA++
Epic ID
LAB54 ICA WB
Reference Interval
1.15 - 1.29 mmol/L
Critical for <18 yrs:
High: >1.60 mmol/L
Low: <1 mmol/L
CPT Codes
82330
Collection
Epic ID
LAB54 ICA WB
Performing Lab
UCHealth Broomfield Clinical Laboratory
Collect
At least 1.0 mL arterial or venous whole blood in a plastic blood gas syringe with dry balanced heparin anticoagulant.
Immediately remove any syringe air bubbles from collected sample prior to transport. Remove needle prior to transportation.
Unacceptable Conditions
Sample submitted with needle attached (remove immediately post collection);
Uncapped sample syringe
Air bubbles in sample
Clotted sample
EDTA or citrate anticoagulant
Sample not properly identified
Insufficient sample volume.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Internal: Deliver to the laboratory immediately. Maintain sample at room temperature. Deliver to the laboratory within 30 minutes of collection. If sample cannot be submitted to the laboratory within 30 minutes, transport on ice within 1 hour.
Offsite: Utilize emergency courier to provide transport within criteria listed above. Please inquire with the receiving laboratory if emergency courier services are available prior to collecting the sample. If the sample is unable to reach the testing laboratory within 30 minutes of collection on ice, please do not collect the sample. Instruct the patient to have the labs drawn at the testing laboratories onsite outpatient phlebotomy lab to avoid unnecessary recollection due to delayed transport.
