Luteinizing Hormone-171

Test info

  
Luteinizing Hormone
  
171
  
83002.2
  
LH
  
Lutropin

Specimen

  
Serum
  
1.0 mL
  
0.5 mL
  

Immediately following collection, thoroughly mix sample by gently inverting 5 times

  

Gold:

  1. Allow sample to clot for a minimum of 30 minutes
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection

Red:

  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin
  3. Transfer serum to a False bottom plasma/serum transport vial/tube (AHL), labelled as serum, within two (2) hours of sample collection
  

Gold serum separator (SST) tube

or

False bottom plasma/serum transport vial/tube (AHL)

  
Lithium heparin (Li hep) plasma
  
  

Immediately after collection, mix tube thoroughly by gentle inversion, 8 - 10 times, to prevent clotting

  
  1. Spin
  

Lt green plasma separator (PST)

  

Refrigerated (preferred) - 14 days

Ambient - 5 days

Frozen - 6 months

 

  
  • Improper labels (unlabeled or mislabeled)
  • Hemolysis (some procedures)
  • Improper anticoagulant or ratio
  • Delay in transport
  • Improper storage temperature affecting results
  • Inappropriate timing of collection
  • Improper container
  • Leaking container resulting in compromised specimen
  • Quantity not sufficient (QNS)

Performance

  
AHL - Chemistry: C
  
Daily
  
1 day
  

Electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

Male: 1.7 - 8.6 mIU/mL

Female:
   Follicular: 2.4 - 12.6 mIU/mL
   Ovulatory: 14.0 - 95.6 mIU/mlL
   Luteal : 1.0 - 11.4 mIU/mL
   Post menopausal: 7.7 - 58.5 mIU/mL

  

 

 

Billing

  
83002

Tracking

  
11/30/2001
  
08/01/2023
  
01/09/2024