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General Information

Placing Lab Orders

Collecting Lab Specimens

Lab Section-Specific Information

 

 

Mayo Clinic Laboratories

hCG Qual Urine (Keene/Leb/CGP/NLH)

eD-H Order Code

LAB437

Specimen Collection Information

Specimen Minimum Test Volume Container Special Handling
Urine 6.0 ML  

Specimen Transport Temperature


Refrigerate if greater than 1 hour to delivery and in sterile container.
48-hour stability if refrigerated in a sterile cup or in a preservative tube at ambient temperature.

Deliver wtihin 48 hours.

Reference Ranges / Critical Values

Assay Gender Age Range Normal Range Critical Values Units
U SG Automated All 0 Minutes – 150 Years 1.005 -1.030
U SG Non-auto All 0 Minutes – 150 Years 1.005 -1.030

Specimen Stability

1 hour in a sterile cup at room temperature

48 hours refrigerated in a sterile cup

48 hours in a BD UA preservative tube at room temperature

Interpretive Data

Assay Display Interpretive Data
U hCG Ql Dilute urine samples can result in a false negative pregnancy test. Repeat pregnancy testing on a first morning sample or a plasma quantitative hCG measurement is recommended.

CPT(s)

81025

Performing Lab Section

Hematology