OSTEOCALCIN, HUMAN
Marquette General Health System

General Info

Alpha Code

  OSTC

MGH LIS Test No

  875

Schedule

  3 Days per week, AM

Testing Time

  1 Day

Testing Lab

  Mayo Labs

QORR Test Code

  OSTC

Specimen Info

Type

  1 SST Tube or Red Top  

Volume

  1.0 mL SERUM

Temperature

  Frozen

Preservative

   

Collection Info

  Draw blood in a plain, red-top tube(s). Spin down and send 1.0 mL 
of serum frozen in plastic vial. Serum gel tube is acceptable, but must
be poured off into a screw-capped plastic vial before freezing. 

Note:    1. Overnight fasting is preferred
            2. Avoid hemolysis and lipemia  
            3.  Indicate serum on request form.
            4.  Label specimen appropriately (serum).

   
 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
Immunoradiometric Assay

Clinical Utilities

CPT Codes
83937

Reference Range
11.3-35.4 (Adult Males)
 7.2-27.9 (Adult Females)

Component Information

Collection Notes

Additional Comments

 

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