Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories

Collect

Gray top tube [NaF].
Plain red top or SST tube also acceptable.

Specimen Preparation

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

Pediatric Collection

Minimum volume: 0.1 mL serum or plasma

Storage Transport Temp

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

Stability

Stability after cell separation:
8 hours at at RT (15-25°C)
72 hours refrigerated at 2-8°C
>24 hours frozen at -20°C Fluoride preserved plasma samples stable at RT (15-25°C) for 72 hours

Performed

Monday - Friday

Methodology

Hexokinase

Reported

4 hour routine, 1 hour STAT

Department

Core Lab

Synonyms

Plasma Glucose;Hexokinase (Glucose, random, serum);GLUCX

Reference Interval

Glucose, random	Human
	Male	Female
	mg/dl
1 week - 11 months	70-123	55-114
1 year - 17 years	56-145	56-144
18+ years	65-110	65-110

CPT Code

82947