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: 0.1 mL serum

Storage Transport Temp

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

Stability

Refer to individual components

Notes

This panel includes the following components: CHOL, TRIG, HDL, Calculated LDL and Cardiac Risk Ratio.

Performed

Mon-Fri

Methodology

Refer to individual components

Reported

4 hours

Department

Core Lab

Synonyms

LIPID

Reference Interval

See individual components for Reference Ranges

CPT Code

80061