Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Order Code: ACTH
Epic Lab Code: LAB511
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Plasma
Collection Medium:
Lavender top tube 3 mL (EDTA)
Alternate Collection Media:
Pink top tube
Minimum:
Preferred Minimum: 1.0 mL plasma Absolute Minimum: 0.5 mL plasma
Rejection Criteria:
Serum or heparinized plasma specimens. Nonfrozen specimens. Grossly hemolyzed or lipemic.
Delivery Instructions:
Deliver to laboratory immediately after collection. Critical frozen.
Specimen Instructions:
Specimen must be processed and frozen within two hours of collection. Testing can not be added on if the sample has not been processed and frozen within 2 hours; Reference Laboratory will reject.
Analytic Time:
2 working days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
Male and female - 1 week-9 years: 5 - 46 pg/mL Male and female - 10-18 years: 6 - 55 pg/mL Female - 19 years and older: 6 - 58 pg/mL Male - 19 years and older: 7 - 69 pg/mL
Interpretive Data:
Some types of synthetic ACTH are not detected by this assay.
Methodology:
Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
CPT Code:
82024