- VITASP
Vitamin A (Retinol) Serum or Plasma
Specimen:
Test Code
VITASP
Specimen Name
Vitamin A (Retinol) Serum or Plasma
Collect
1-Green Top (Na-Heparin or Lithium Heparin) Also acceptable EDTA, SST
Submit
1 mL (Min: 0.5 mL) Serum or Plasma Refrigerated
Special Handling
Separate plasma or serum within 1 hour of collection. Transfer 1 mL plasma or plasma to a standard transport tube immediately. Avoid hemolysis.
Rejection Criteria
Whole blood or body fluids other than serum or plasma.
Stability
Ambient unacceptable; Refrigerated 1 month; Frozen 1 year
Methodology
Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Performed
Sunday - Saturday
Reported
2-5 days
CPT Codes
- 84590
Components
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Additional Information
Use for nutritional assessment of vitamin A (retinol and retinyl palmitate) in serum or plasma. Patient Preperation: Patient should fast for 12 hours and abstain from alcohol for 24 hours prior to collection.
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