Alias

Epic: LABS11189; ARUP: 0020223

Collect

Random or 24-hour urine. Refrigerate during collection.

Container


ARUP Standard Transport Tube Prefilled with Sodium Carbonate
Location Instructions
Amery, Hudson,
Lakeview, Regions,
Westfields
ARUP Standard Transport Tube prefilled with Sodium
Carbonate (ARUP supply #48096) available online
through eSupply using ARUP Connect
HealthPartners
Clinics
Special Order Supply Item: Call CL to order ARUP Standard Transport Tube prefilled with Sodium Carbonate, #48096.  Expected time to receive tube is up to 7 days.
Park Nicollet, Hutchinson, Olivia Print this catalog page and highlight option 2 within the specimen preparation secition below. Send urine along with print off in the sleeve of the biohazard bag attention to Methodist UA. Sodium Carbonate tubes are stocked within MH send outs.

Specimen Preparation

Thoroughly mix entire collection, then, perform one of the two processing options below:
Option 1: Immediately after collection, adjust pH to 8-9 by adding 10 percent Na2CO3. Transfer 1 mL aliquot urine to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube. (Min: 0.5 mL)
Option 2: Immediately after collection, transfer a maximum of 4 mL urine to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube prefilled with Sodium Carbonate (ARUP)supply #48096). (Min: 0.5 mL) Available online through eSupply using ARUP Connect or contact ARUP Client Services at (800) 522-2787.

Storage/Transport Temperature

Refrigerated.

Stability (from collection to initiation)

pH 8-9: Ambient: 4 hours; Refrigerated: 72 hours; Frozen: 1 month

Performed

Sun-Sat

Reported

Within 24 hours

Performing Lab

ARUP Laboratories

Referral Lab

Reference Interval

0-1 mg/L

Interpretive Data

Patients with urine myoglobin greater than 15 mg/L are at risk of acute renal failure. Usual results are less than 1 mg/L. Results between 1 and 15 mg/L are associated with vigorous exercise, myocardial infarct, mild muscle injury, and other conditions.

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by ARUP Laboratories. It has not been cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. This test was performed in a CLIA certified laboratory and is intended for clinical purposes.

Methodology

Quantitative Electrochemiluminescent Immunoassay

CPT Codes

83874
Collection

Alias

Epic: LABS11189; ARUP: 0020223

Collect

Random or 24-hour urine. Refrigerate during collection.

Container


ARUP Standard Transport Tube Prefilled with Sodium Carbonate
Location Instructions
Amery, Hudson,
Lakeview, Regions,
Westfields
ARUP Standard Transport Tube prefilled with Sodium
Carbonate (ARUP supply #48096) available online
through eSupply using ARUP Connect
HealthPartners
Clinics
Special Order Supply Item: Call CL to order ARUP Standard Transport Tube prefilled with Sodium Carbonate, #48096.  Expected time to receive tube is up to 7 days.
Park Nicollet, Hutchinson, Olivia Print this catalog page and highlight option 2 within the specimen preparation secition below. Send urine along with print off in the sleeve of the biohazard bag attention to Methodist UA. Sodium Carbonate tubes are stocked within MH send outs.

Specimen Preparation

Thoroughly mix entire collection, then, perform one of the two processing options below:
Option 1: Immediately after collection, adjust pH to 8-9 by adding 10 percent Na2CO3. Transfer 1 mL aliquot urine to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube. (Min: 0.5 mL)
Option 2: Immediately after collection, transfer a maximum of 4 mL urine to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube prefilled with Sodium Carbonate (ARUP)supply #48096). (Min: 0.5 mL) Available online through eSupply using ARUP Connect or contact ARUP Client Services at (800) 522-2787.

Storage/Transport Temperature

Refrigerated.

Stability (from collection to initiation)

pH 8-9: Ambient: 4 hours; Refrigerated: 72 hours; Frozen: 1 month

Performed

Sun-Sat

Reported

Within 24 hours

Performing Lab

ARUP Laboratories

Referral Lab

Result Interpretation

Reference Interval

0-1 mg/L

Interpretive Data

Patients with urine myoglobin greater than 15 mg/L are at risk of acute renal failure. Usual results are less than 1 mg/L. Results between 1 and 15 mg/L are associated with vigorous exercise, myocardial infarct, mild muscle injury, and other conditions.

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by ARUP Laboratories. It has not been cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. This test was performed in a CLIA certified laboratory and is intended for clinical purposes.

Methodology

Quantitative Electrochemiluminescent Immunoassay
Administrative

CPT Codes

83874