Test Code ALPBONESPE Alkaline Phosphatase Bone Specific, Quest #29498

Infectious

Additional Codes

QUEST TEST CODE:

29498

MEDITECH MNEMONIC:

ALPBONESPE

Preferred Specimen:

1mL serum from a gel tube

Acceptable Specimen:

1mL serum from a non-gel tube

Minimum Volume:

0.3mL from a gel or non-gel tube (volume does not include repeat or reflexed testing)

Reject: Gross hemolysis, goss lipemia, non-serum samples, gross icterus

Transport Container:

Transport Tube

Preferred Transport Temperature:

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability (after centrifugation):

Ambient: 7 days

Refrigerated: 7 days

Frozen: 21 days

Setup Schedule:

Tues, Thurs (morning)

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute-San Juan Capistrano, CA
33608 Ortega Highway
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675-2042