Specimen Requirements

Consult physician for specific orders. Patient should be instructed to eat and drink nothing except water for 2 hours prior to test. Patient should be instructed to refrain from smoking and drinking coffee just before and during test.

Specimen Type: Plasma

Container/Tube: Green top (lithium heparin gel)

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. Give patient 50 g of Glucola.

2. Draw a 1-hour specimen post dose.
3. Label specimens appropriately (corresponding draw times and intervals).

4. Spin down within 45 minutes of draw. Avoid prolonged contact of plasma with separated red cells; or hemolyzed, icteric, or lipemic specimen.