Immediate Care Hemoglobin
General Information
- Lab Name
- Immediate Care Hemoglobin
- Lab Code
- WHB
- Epic Name
- Immediate Care Hemoglobin
- Components
Interpretation
- Method
Spectrophotometry: photodiode array
- Reference Range
-
Units: g/dL
Female Male Age Range Age Range 6m-1y 10.5-13.5 6m-1y 10.5-13.5 2y-5y 11.5-13.5 2y-5y 11.5-13.5 6y-11y 11.5-15.5 6y-11y 11.5-15.5 12y-17y 12.0-15.5 12y-17y 13.0-15.5 18y- 11.5-15.5 18y- 13.0-18.0 Effective date: 03/16/2010
Ordering & Collection
- Specimen Type
- Arterial or Venous Blood
- Collection
-
Arterial or venous blood collected into a balanced heparinized syringe such as the 2 mL Radiometer PicoTM or 3 mL Smiths Portex Pro-Vent syringes.
Also acceptable: 5 mL arterial or venous blood in an UNOPENED GREEN TOP (including PST) up to 8 hours at 0 - 4°C. - Handling Instructions
Needles must be removed from syringes and be replaced with caps before sending to the lab. No air bubbles. Transport to Lab immediately.
Note: The laboratory MUST assay specimens collected in syringes within 30 minutes of blood collection.
- Quantity
-
Requested: requested: Full Syringe or GREEN TOP
Minimum: 0.5 mL arterial or venous whole blood
Processing
- Receiving Instructions
Login as STAT and take to Blood Gas Bench Immediately
- Misc Sendout
Performance
- Lab Department
- Chemistry, Whole Blood(CHW)
- Frequency
- Available STAT?
- Yes
- Performing Location(s)
-
HMC Chemistry, Automated
206-520-4600325 9th Ave, Rm # GWH-47, Seattle, WA 98104-2420
UW-NW Main Lab
206-668-1344UW Medical Center – Northwest
1550 N 115th Street, A200
Seattle, WA 98133UW-MT Chemistry, Blood Gas
206-520-4600Clinical Lab, Room NW220,
University of Washington Medical Center,
1959 NE Pacific street, Seattle, WA 98195
Billing & Coding
- CPT Codes
- 85018
- LOINC
- 718-7