Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)

Specimen:

Test Code

VITB1

Specimen Name

Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)

Collect

1 - Na-Heparin or Lithium Heparin Also acceptable EDTA

Submit

3 mLs (Min: 1 mL) whole blood

Special Handling

Freeze within one hour of collection. EDTA whole blood tubes will be accepted if frozen, but not preferred. Separate specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered.

Rejection Criteria

Any specimen other than whole blood. Plasma separator tubes. Glass tubes. Clotted or nonfrozen specimens.

Stability

Preferred CRITICAL FROZEN 6 months; Ambient Unacceptable; Refrigerated Unacceptable

Methodology

Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Performed

Sunday - Saturday

Reported

2-6 days

CPT Codes

  • 84425

Components

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