TEST

CODE

SPECIMEN REQUIREMENT

VACUTAINER

BILLING

LOC

UIBC

(IRON BINDING CAPACITY)

(IRON SATURATION, TIBC)

(TOTAL IRON BINDING CAPACITY)

(TRANSFERRIN SATURATION)

See IRON

IRON

 

 

 

 

UNICAP

(RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST)

See ALLERGY TESTING

RAST

 

 

 

 

UNIPHYL

(THEOPHYLLINE)

See AMINOPHYLLINE

THEO

 

 

 

 

URATE

(URIC ACID)

URIC

Serum

Centrifuge only

TAT – 1 day

YELLOW SST

OHIP

BTL

URATE

(URIC ACID)

24URA

24UU

24 Hour Urine (25% NaOH preservative)

10 mL aliquot – submit in an orange or white cap container tube

State total 24-hour volume on the OHIP Requisition and on the specimen container

Retain a duplicate 50 mL urine sample in the fridge until test is reported

Store and ship refrigerated

TAT – 1 day

 

OHIP

BTL

UREA

(BLOOD UREA NITROGEN)

See BUN

BUN

Serum

 

 

 

UREA

See BUN

24URE

24 Hour Urine

 

 

 

UREAPLASMA

See MYCOPLASMA ISOLATION

MYC

 

 

 

 

URIC ACID

See URATE

URIC

Serum

 

 

 

URIC ACID

See URATE

24URA

24UU

24 Hour Urine

 

 

 

URINALYSIS, CHEMICAL

(URINALYSIS ROUTINE)

DIP

Urine, 10 mL (random)

Submit in an orange or white cap container

TAT – 1 day

 

OHIP

BTL

URINALYSIS, MICROSCOPIC

(URINALYSIS MICRO)

MIC

Urine, 10 mL (random)

Submit in an orange or white cap container

TAT – 1 day

 

OHIP

BTL

URINE TOXICOLOGY

(NARCOTIC SCREEN)

(STREET DRUGS)

(DRUGS OF ABUSE)

See DRUGS SCREEN

UDSC

 

 

 

 

UROBILINOGEN

UBILI

Urine, 10 mL (random)

Protect from light

TAT – 1 day

 

OHIP

LL

UROBILINOGEN

 

Stool – TEST NO LONGER AVAILABLE

 

 

 

UROPORPHYRIN

(PORPHYRINS)

See COPROPORPHYRINS

RCML

 

 

 

 

 

24 HOUR URINE SUMMARY CHART (PRESERVATIVES REQUIRED, SPECIAL HANDLING REQUIREMENTS & DIET/MEDICATION RESTRICTIONS)

 

NO PRESERVATIVE

20mL 6N HYDROCHLORIC ACID (HCL) PRESERVATIVE

 

Aldosterone

ALA

Albumin Quantitative (Microalbumin)

Amylase

BUN (Urea)

Calcium*

Chloride

Citrate (Citric Acid)*

Cortisol

Creatinine

Creatinine Clearance

Immunofixation

Iodine

Iron

Magnesium*

Microalbumin.Creatinine Ratio

Osmolality

Phosphate (Phosphorus)*

Potassium*

Protein Electrophoresis (PEP)

Sodium*

Protein, Total

Catecholamines (CATS)

5-HIAA

Homovanillic Acid (HVA)

Metanephrines (METS)

Oxalate (Oxalic Acid)

Vanillymandelic Acid (VMA)

NOTE: Tests with an (*) under the ‘No Preservative’ column may also be collected with 20mL 6N HCl preservative.

 

20mL 25%

SODIUM HYDROXIDE (NaOH) PRESERVATIVE

5g

SODIUM CARBONATE PRESERVATIVE

24 HOUR TESTS TO BE COLLECTED IN AN ACID WASHED CONTAINER

 

Urate (Uric Acid)

Porphyrins

Aluminum

Antimony

Arsenic

Beryllium

Cadmium

Chromium

Cobalt

Copper

Lead

Mercury

Nickel

Selenium

Silver

Thallium

Zinc

 

24 HOUR TESTS WITH

DIET & MEDICATION RESTRICTIONS

24 HOUR TESTS WITH

SPECIAL HANDLING REQUIREMENTS

 

Aluminum

Arsenic

Catecholamines (CATS)

5-HIAA

Homovanillic Acid (HVA)

Metanephrines (METS)

Vanillymandelic Acid (VMA)

FROZEN

Aldosterone

ALA

Cortisol

Porphyrins

 

PROTECT FROM LIGHT

ALA

Porphyrins

 
   
 
       
   
   

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