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EPIC ORDER CODE LAB50 BILIRUBIN,TOTAL

Important Note

Serum or Plasma should be separated from cells within 2 hours of collection.  Bilirubin is photosensitive.  Care should be taken to protect the sample from both daylight and fluorescent light to avoid photodegradation.  Protection from light is required when specimens are stored for more than 8 hours.

 

Additional Codes

SQ: TBIL

Specimen

GREEN TOP-PLASAMA

RED OR SST ACCEPTABLE

Specimen Storage/Transport

Room temperature:  1 day

REFRIGERATED:  7 days, protected from light

Frozen: 6 months, protected from light

REFERENCE RANGES

NORMAL RANGES:

0 days: 0.1-5.0

1 day: 0.1-7.5

3 days: 0.1-10.5

5 days: 0.1-5.0

1  month and older: 0.2-1.0

CRITICAL VALUE: AGE <30 DAYS OLD IS ≥16.0 MG/DL