ADENOSINE DEAMINASE, PLEURAL FLUID

Mnemonic

BF ADAPLEU

Collect

Pleural Fluid, collect specimens in a leak-proof container

Handling

Centrifuge specimen at room temperature. Transfer 0.5 mL fluid to an aliquot tube. Specimen source required.

Preferred Volume

0.5 mL

Minimum Volume

0.2 mL

Transport

Frozen

Rejection Criteria

Whole blood, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimens, turbid specimens

Stability

Ambient: 24 hours; Refrigerated: 1 week; Frozen: 1 month

Performed

Sun, Tue, Thu

Reported

2-5 days

Method

Quantitative Spectrophotometry

Referral Lab

ARUP (3002978)

Reference Values

0 - 30 U/L

CPT Codes

84311

Last Updated: Thursday, January 5, 2017 03:41:55 AM