TEST CODES & SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS MANUAL VERSION 2.0
Test Specification Guide - Ottawa Inner City Health
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<strong>TEST</strong> CODE <strong>SPECIMEN</strong> REQUIREMENT VACUTAINER BILLING LOC<br />
BENCE–JONES PROTEIN<br />
(Immunoelectrophoresis)<br />
(HEAVY AND LIGHT<br />
CHAINS)<br />
24BJ<br />
24 Hour Urine<br />
10 mL aliquot – submit in an orange or<br />
white cap container labelled CREATININE<br />
and a 50 mL aliquot – submit in an orange<br />
or white cap container labelled BENCE<br />
JONES<br />
OHIP<br />
CML<br />
No preservative<br />
State total 24-hour volume on the OHIP<br />
Requisition, on the specimen container and<br />
in “Notes and Instructions”<br />
Retain a duplicate 50 mL urine sample in<br />
the fridge until test is reported<br />
TAT – 5 days<br />
BENZENE (PHENOL)<br />
<strong>TEST</strong> NO LONGER AVAILABLE<br />
BENZODIAZEPINE<br />
BENZ<br />
Urine<br />
10 mL random urine<br />
Submit in an orange or white cap container<br />
TAT – 2 days<br />
OHIP<br />
CML<br />
BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN<br />
(MICROGLOBULIN)<br />
See B2 MICROGLOBULIN<br />
B2MIC<br />
BETA–Hcg, PREGNANCY<br />
(BHCG)<br />
(HUMAN CHORIONIC<br />
GONADOTROPIN)<br />
HCG<br />
Serum<br />
Centrifuge only<br />
TAT – 1 day<br />
YELLOW SST OHIP BTL<br />
BETA–Hcg, ONCOLOGY<br />
(HCG FOR ONCOLOGY)<br />
See BETA-Hcg, PREGNANCY<br />
HCG<br />
Label tube “hCG for Oncology”<br />
BICARBONATE<br />
(CARBON DIOXIDE)<br />
(CO 2)<br />
(HCO 3)<br />
CO2<br />
Serum<br />
Centrifuge only<br />
Do not remove stopper<br />
TAT – 1 day<br />
YELLOW SST OHIP BTL<br />
BILE ACIDS<br />
(BILE SALTS)<br />
BILE<br />
Serum<br />
5 ml<br />
FREEZE SERUM AND SEND FROZEN<br />
Transport specimen in a separate brown<br />
paper bag Labelled „Frozen Sample‟<br />
TAT – 30 days<br />
2 YELLOW SST $40.00 CML<br />
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<strong>TEST</strong> SPECIFICATION GUIDE (TSG)<br />
Created by Michael Halsall QC Coordinator<br />
BIO-<strong>TEST</strong> LABS<br />
168 Charlotte St., Ottawa, ON., K1N 8K6<br />
Last printed 28/11/2011 1:52 PM<br />
BIO-<strong>TEST</strong> LABORATORY<br />
Tel: (613) 789-4242<br />
Fax: (613) 789-7033<br />
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