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Test Code OSMOLALITY Serum Osmolality

Specimen Requirements

Container/Tube: RED/SST
Preferred: Serum
Acceptable: Serum
Specimen Volume: 1.0 mL

SPECIMEN PROCESSING and HANDLING

Separate the serum by centrifugation soon after collection.

TRANSPORT TEMPERATURE

Serum osmolality has been reported to be stable for 3 hours at room temperature, ten hours at 4 °C, and as long as three days at 4 °C. Tightly capped samples may be frozen for as long as a week or several weeks .

PERFORMING LAB

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