Printable Test Catalog - OU Medicine

SPECIAL HANDLING: Do not submit specimen in condom
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 1 mL
TESTS INCLUDED: Test includes volume, pH, presence or absence
of sperm
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 4-8 hours
NORMAL TEST VALUES: NONE SEEN
METHODOLOGY: Microscopic examination for presence or absence
of sperm
CLINICAL INFORMATION: Determining success of vasectomy
[FMTC] FAM MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOM
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Whole blood or buccal swab at room
temperature
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Lavender (EDTA), Yellow (ACD) or swab
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 5 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 2 mL
TEST INCLUDES: Sequencing of exons 10, 11, 13-16
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 1-2 weeks
METHODOLOGY: Direct mutation analysis by Polymerase Chain
Reaction (PCR)
CPT: 83891; 83892 x 3; 83894 x 3; 83898 x 2; 83900; 83901 x 2
83909 x 12; 83912
[FOL] Folate
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Refrigerated or frozen serum
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Gold or Red
SPECIAL HANDLING: Avoid hemolysis and protect from light
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 2 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 1 mL
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 24 hours
REFERENCE RANGE: >2.6 ng/mL
METHODOLOGY: Chemiluminescence
CLINICAL USE: Detect folate deficiency; monitor therapy with
folate; evaluate megaloblastic & macrocytic anemia
CPT: 82746
[FOLRBCP] FOLIC ACID RBC PROFILE
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Frozen AND refrigerated whole blood
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Lavender (EDTA)
SPECIAL HANDLING: Draw 2 EDTA tubes; Transfer whole blood
specimen from one tube to plastic transport
tube and freeze. Refrigerate second whole
blood tube (keep in original tube)
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 2 FULL tubes
TEST INCLUDES: RBC folate and hematocrit
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
REFERENCE RANGE: 468 - 1258 ng/mL