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TEST CODES & SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS MANUAL VERSION 2.0

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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 />

J:\Test Specification Guide (TSG) Version <strong>2.0</strong>.doc<br />

<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 />

SECTION B Page 2 of 7<br />

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