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General Information

Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Test Code CL CHLORIDE

Additional Codes

LAB59

Performing Laboratory

Porter Hospital Laboratory

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Blood
Container/Tube: Tiger top, serum gel
Also Acceptable: Green top (Lithium Heparin)
Specimen Volume: Full tube, submit 0.5 mL serum
Specimen Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Collection Instructions:
1. Send specimen in original tube.
2. If there is a delay in transport of >1 hour, centrifuge tube.

3. Centrifuged samples that have not leaked aroung gel barrier are stable for 7 days at 2 – 8ºC

Specimen Transport Temperature

Refrigerated

Test Classification and CPT Coding

82435

Test Schedule / Analytical Time / Test Priority / Turn Around Time

Daily / 24 hours /  Available STAT / Routine - 4 hours

                                                            STAT - 60 minutes

Normal Reference Values

96-107 mEq/L

Critical Values

None