TEST CODES & SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS MANUAL VERSION 2.0
Test Specification Guide - Ottawa Inner City Health
Test Specification Guide - Ottawa Inner City Health
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<strong>TEST</strong> CODE <strong>SPECIMEN</strong> REQUIREMENT VACUTAINER BILLING LOC<br />
CALCIUM, IONIZED<br />
(Ca ²+, Ca++, Free Calcium)<br />
CAION<br />
Serum<br />
Allow specimen to clot for 30 minutes<br />
Centrifuge only<br />
Do not remove tube stopper<br />
Test result is invalid if specimen is exposed<br />
to air<br />
TAT – 2 days<br />
Quebec patients send-out instructions:<br />
ship chilled sample to Montfort (ice packs)<br />
YELLOW SST OHIP CML<br />
CALCIUM, URINE<br />
24UCA<br />
24 Hour Urine<br />
10 mL aliquot – submit in an orange or<br />
white cap container<br />
OHIP<br />
CML<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 90 mL urine sample in<br />
the fridge until test is reported<br />
TAT – 2 days<br />
CALCIUM, URINE<br />
UCM<br />
Urine<br />
10 mL random urine<br />
Submit in an orange or white cap container<br />
tube<br />
TAT – 2 days<br />
OHIP<br />
CML<br />
CALCULUS ANALYSIS<br />
(STONE ANALYSIS)<br />
STONE<br />
Submit entire specimen<br />
Indicate source<br />
TAT – 3 days<br />
OHIP<br />
CML<br />
CAMPYLOBACTER<br />
(STOOL CULTURE)<br />
Stool-1<br />
Stool<br />
Place stool in Cary–Blair transport<br />
container to the “FILL LINE”<br />
Shake to emulsify sample<br />
*Data entry code stool-2, if a second sample<br />
received<br />
*Data entry code stool-3, if a third sample<br />
received<br />
TAT - 2 days<br />
OHIP<br />
BTL<br />
CANCER ANTIGEN 15-3<br />
(CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN<br />
15-3)<br />
See CA 15-3, BREAST<br />
CA15<br />
CANCER ANTIGEN 19-9<br />
(CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN<br />
19-9)<br />
See CA 19– 9, PANCREAS<br />
CA199<br />
CANDIDA TITRE<br />
NO LONGER AVAILABLE<br />
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<strong>TEST</strong> SPECIFICATION GUIDE (TSG)<br />
Created by Vedrana Vaskovic 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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