CBC with Platelets
| Abbrev Code: | CBC | ||
| Order Code: | LAB294 | Order Name: | CBC with Platelets |
| Synonyms: | Hemogram and Platelet Count | ||
| CPT Codes: | 85027 x1 | ||
| Test Includes: | WBC, RBC, HGB, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW, PLT. Test may include RBC morphology and/or PLT evaluation if reflex criteria is met. | ||
| Turnaround Time: | Performed and reported 24 hours/day. | ||
| Special Instructions: |
For patients with platelet clumping, draw both a light blue (Na citrate) tube and a purple (EDTA) tube.
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Collection Instructions
| Specimen: | Blood |
| Optimal Volume: | 2-3 mL EDTA tube or 0.5 mL in an EDTA microtainer (do not fill more than 0.5 mL) |
| Minimum\Peds Volume: | 1 mL EDTA tube or 0.3 mL in an EDTA microtainer |
| Container: | Purple (EDTA) |
| Collection Instructions: | Collect purple (EDTA) tube. Immediately mix specimen 10 times by gentle inversion. |
| Causes for Rejection: | Clotted, frozen, or centrifuged specimens.
Additionally, certain parameter(s) may also be rejected due to platelet clumping, fibrin strands, cold agglutinins, hemolysis, icterus, and/or lipemia. |
Processing and Shipping
| Specimen Processing: | Store in refrigerator. |
| Shipping Instructions: | Ship at refrigerated temperature. |
| Stability: | 24 hours room temperature; 48 hours refrigerated; do not freeze.
If more than 24 hours is required for transport, 2 unstained whole blood smears must accompany whole blood EDTA specimen. |
| Test Performed at or Referral Lab | Hematology (Clinics, CSC Maple Grove, CSC Mpls, Grand Itasca, Lakes, Northland, Range, Ridges, Southdale, St. John's, UMMC East Bank, UMMC/UMMCH-West Bank, UMMC-West Containment Unit, Woodwinds) |
Interpretive
| Critical Range: | Hematology Critical Values and Reference Ranges |
| Reference Range: | Hematology Critical Values and Reference Ranges |
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