AMMONIA, PLASMA
Marquette General Health System

General Info

Alpha Code

   AMON

MGH LIS Test No

   202

Schedule

   Daily

Testing Time

   10 min

Testing Lab

   Marquette General Hospital

QORR Test Code

   AMON

Specimen Info

Type

   1 Green Top (Sodium Heparin)  

Volume

   0.1 ml

Temperature

   Frozen

Preservative

    

Collection Info

   Anticoagulant: Na or Li heparin.
Specimen must be placed on wet ice immediately after drawing and kept cold until 
centrifugation.  Freeze plasma in a plastic vial and send specimen frozen on 
dry ice.
 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
Vitros dry slide

Clinical Utilities

CPT Codes
82140

Reference Range
9 - 30 umol/L

Component Information

Collection Notes

Additional Comments

 

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