Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories

Collect

Plain red top or SST tube.

Specimen Preparation

Onsite [NJH]: Transport to lab within 1 hour.
Offsite: Separate serum from cells within 2 hours by centrifuge and aliquot into a labeled polypropylene or similar plastic tube.
Preferred volume: 1 mL serum

Pediatric Collection

Minimum volume: 0.15 mL serum

Unacceptable Conditions

Gross Hemolysis

Storage Transport Temp

Offsite: Send frozen serum Priority Overnight via FedEx and in a well insulated container on dry ice.

Stability

Stability after cell separation:
8 hours at RT (15-25°C)
4 days at 2-8°C
>4 days frozen at ≥ -20°C

Performed

Mon-Fri

Methodology

Kinetic

Reported

4 hour routine, 1 hour STAT

Department

Core Lab

Synonyms

ALP

Reference Interval

Alkaline Phosphatase, Serum	Human
	Male	Female	Unknown/Other
	U/L
Newborn - 1 year	126 - 668	126 - 610	126 - 668
1 years - 7 years	126 - 460	126 - 573	126 - 573
7 years- 10 years 7 years - 18 years	--- 42- 504	42 -542    ---	42 -542
10 years - 14 years	42 - 504	42 -542	42 - 542
14 years - 16 years	42 -504	42 -542	42 -542
16 years - 18 years	42 - 504	42 - 542	42 - 542
18 years - 19 years	45-117	45 -117	42 - 542
18 years - 999 years	45 -117	45 - 117	45 -117

CPT Code

84075