Result Test Name
LDL MEDIUM
Laboratory
QUEST LAB
Result Test Code
123011342
Laboratory Test Name
ADVANCED LIPID PANEL W/INFLAMMATION CARDIO IQ
Reportable Test Name
-
Result LOINC
-
Collection Container
SST
Units
-
Collection Requirements
Collection Instructions The assay manufacturer Beckman Coulter advises: N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) when administered in therapeutic concentrations (for the treatment of acetaminophen overdose) has been...determined to interfere with assays for...Cholesterol Uric Acid" where "NAC interference may lead to falsely low results." According to Beckman Coulter the NAC interference should be insignificant by 12 hours after completion of the initial loading dose of an IV infusion treatment regimen consisting of an initial loading dose of 150 mg/kg administered over 1 hr a second dose of 50 mg/kg administered over 4 hrs and a third dose of 100 mg/kg administered over 16 hrs."
Container Temp
Refrigerated (3)
Container Volume
6.000
Test Info
Preferred Specimen(s) 6 mL serum Minimum Volume 3 mL
Shipping Instructions
Transport Container Transport tube Transport Temperature Refrigerated (cold packs) Specimen Stability Room temperature: Unacceptable Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 15 days Reject Criteria Gross hemolysis ? Moderate to grossly lipemic ? Moderate to grossly icteric ? Samples stored and shipped room temperature