Basic metabolic panel

Alphabetical Test listing

Basic metabolic panel-7

  
Basic metabolic panel
  
7
  
80048.0
  
BMP
  
Panel 8
BMP
Basic 8
  
  • Sodium
  • Potassium
  • Chloride
  • C02
  • Glucose
  • BUN
  • Creatinine
  • Calcium
  • eGFR
  
Lithium heparin (Li hep) plasma
  
  
1.0 mL
  
0.2 mL
  
  • If the patient has a white blood cell (WBC) count of >50,000, for chemistry testing that includes potassium, the sample should be collected in a gold serum separator (SST) tube and not a Lt green plasma separator (PST) tube.
  • Immediately after collection, mix tube thoroughly by gentle inversion, 8 - 10 times, to prevent clotting
  

Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection

  

Lt green plasma separator (PST)

  
Serum
  

Immediatley following collection, mix sample by 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

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

  

Refrigerated - 4 days

Ambient - 8 hours (uncapped/unopened)

  
  • Improper labels (unlabeled or mislabeled)
  • Hemolysis (some procedures)
  • Improper anticoagulant or ratio
  • Delay in transport
  • Improper storage temperature affecting results
  • Improper container
  • Leaking container resulting in compromised specimen
  • Quantity not sufficient (QNS)
  
AHL - Chemistry: C
  
Daily
  
1 day
  

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80048
  
24321-2
  
11/30/2001
  
07/18/2022
  
01/04/2024