Vitamin B5-994

Test info

  
Vitamin B5
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  
Pantothenic acid
Pantothenate
  

Measurement of vitamin B5 level

Specimen

  
Serum
  
  
1.0 mL
  
0.5 mL
Submission of the minimum volume does not allow for repeat testing
  

Allow sample to clot
Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
Transfer serum to a Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as serum

  
EDTA plasma
  
  

Immediately following collection, mix sample thoroughly by gentle inverting 8 - 10 times, to prevent clotting

  
  1. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  2. Transfer plasma to a Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as EDTA plasma
  

Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp)

  

Ambient (preferred) - 14 days

Refrigerated - 14 days

Frozen - 14 days

Freeze/thaw cycles - stable x 3

  
  • Gel-barrier tube

Performance

  
LabCorp Burlington (070086): R-NX
  
Mo - Fr
  
4 - 6 days
  

Liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

12.9 - 253.1 ng/mL

Billing

  
84591
  
Result 2722-7

Tracking

  
05/22/2019
  
05/22/2019
  
03/18/2024