VERNON MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE
LAB TESTS and details  
TEST NAME
HMS ORDER ENTRY

SERVICE CODE

DAYS AVAILABLE SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS COMMENTS

ACETAMINOPHEN
ACETA

8200300 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM
 
ACETONE, SERUM, QUAL.
ACE
8200900 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM  
ACETONE, URINE
URACE
8200901 DAILY 5 mL URINE  
ALBUMIN
ALB
820400 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
ALBUMIN, URINE, RANDOM
PROTUR


8204201
DAILY 5 mL URINE  
ALBUMIN, 25%, 50 ML
ALB25%50
4100040 DAILY No Specimen Required  
ALCOHOL (ETOH)
ETOH
8205500 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE
ALKPHOS

8407500
DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  

AMMONIA
AMMON

8214000 DAILY 0.5 mL HEP. PLASMA Collect on ice and deliver to lab within 20 minutes

AMYLASE
AMYL
8215000 DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA
 

AMYLASE, URINE
URAMYL

8215001 DAILY 5 mL URINE  


ANTIBODY SCREEN
ABSCRN

8685000
DAILY
EDTA Tube and 7.0 mL Red Top tube  

SGPT (ALT)
ALT
8446000 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
SGOT (AST)
AST
8445000
DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
BMP

8004800
DAILY 1.0 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA Includes: BUN, Creat, Glu, Calcium, Lytes
BILIRUBIN, DIRECT
DBIL

8224800
DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA
 
BILIRUBIN, TOTAL
TBIL

8224700
DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  

BLEEDING TIME
BLEED
8500200 DAILY    
BLOOD CULTURE
CULBLD
8704000 DAILY Collect in BLOOD CULTURE MEDIA Culture is kept for 7 days
BLOOD GASES, ARTERIAL
ABG

8280300
DAILY Collect in BLOOD GAS SYRINGE Indicate level of oxygen

BLOOD GASES, CAPILLARY
CABG
8280301 DAILY
Collect in CAP GAS DEVICE
Indicate level of oxygen
BLOOD GASES, VENOUS
VBG

8280303
DAILY Collect in GREEN TOP TUBE  
BLOOD TYPING ABO
ABO

8690000

DAILY
EDTA Tube and 7.0 mL Red Top tube  
BLOOD TYPING RH
RH

8690100

DAILY
EDTA Tube and 7.0 mL Red Top tube  
BUN
BUN
8452000
DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  

CALCIUM, TOTAL
CA
8231000 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
CAPILLARY BLOOD COLL.
CAPCOLL
  DAILY  
Used for finger or heel collections

CARBAMAZEPINE
CRBAM

8015600
DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  

CBC
CBC
8502500
DAILY
EDTA Tube  
CHLORIDE, BLOOD
CL
8243500 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  

CHLORIDE, CS
CSFCLF

8243800
DAILY Tube ONE of a CSF collection  

CHLORIDE, URINE
URCL


8243600
DAILY 5 mL URINE  
CHOLESTEROL, TOTAL
CHOL


8246500 DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA
8-12 hour fasting specimen preferred
CK, TOTAL
CK
8255000
DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
CKMB
CKMB
8255300 DAILY 0.5 mL EDTA PLASMA or EDTA WHOLE BLOOD  
CO2
CO2
8237400 DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA
 
COMP. METABOLIC PANEL
CMP

8005300
DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA T.Bili, BUN, Ca, Glu, Creat., Alb.,
AlkPhos, T.Prot, Lytes, AST, ALT

CREATININE
CREAT
8256500
DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
CREATININE, URINE
URCREAT
8257000 DAILY 0.5 mL URINE  
CROSSMATCH
T&C
8692200 DAILY
EDTA Tube and 7.0 mL Red Top tube
Order once per unit desired


CRYPTOSPORIDIUM AG
CRYPTOAG


8732801
DAILY Stool Sample  
CULTURE, ABSCESS
CULABSC
8707001 DAILY Aspirate or swab in transport media  

CULTURE, DRAINAGE
CULDRAIN

8707003
DAILY Aspirate or swab in transport media  

CULTURE, EAR
CULEAR

8707004 DAILY Swab in transport media  
CULTURE, EYE
CULEYE

8707005
DAILY Swab in transport media  
CULTURE, FLUID
CULFLD
8707006 DAILY Aspirate or swab in transport media  
CULTURE, NP
CULNP
8706000 DAILY Swab in transport media  
CULTURE, OTHER
CULOTHER
8707010
DAILY
Swab in transport media  

CULTURE, SPUTUM
CULSPU
8707007 DAILY
Collect in a sterile sample cup
 

CULTURE, STOOL
CULSTOOL

8704500
DAILY Fresh stool or stool in liquid transport media  
CULTURE, THROAT
CULTHRO
8706001 DAILY Swab in transport media  

CULTURE, URINE, CATH
CULURCA

8708600
DAILY Collect in a sterile sample cup  

CULTURE, URINE, CV
CULURCV

8708601
DAILY Collect in a sterile sample cup  
CULTURE, VAGINAL
CULVAG
8707008 DAILY Swab in transport media  
CULTURE, WOUND - SKIN
CULWNDSK

8707009

DAILY

Swab in transport media
 
CULTURE, WOUND - SURG.
CULWNDSU

8707000

DAILY
Aspirate or swab in transport media  
D-DIMER
D-DIMER

8573900

DAILY

0.5 mL Citrated Plasma FROZEN
 

DIFFERENTIAL, FLUID
FLDIFF

8905100
DAILY Fluid in EDTA (purple top) tube  

DIFFERENTIAL, CSF
CSFDIFF

8905101
DAILY Tube FOUR of a CSF collection  
DIFFERENTIAL, MANUAL
DIFF
8500700
DAILY
EDTA (purple top) Tube  

DIFF., MANUAL WITH CBC
MANDIFF

8500701
DAILY EDTA (purple top) Tube Provider must request a
CBC with manual differential

DIGOXIN
DIG
8016200 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
PHENYTOIN, TOTAL
DILANTIN

8018500
DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  

DIRECT COOMBS
DAT
8688000 DAILY EDTA (purple top) Tube  

ELECTROLYTES
LYTES
8005100 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA Sodium, Pottasium, Chloride, CO2

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA
FFP

4100029
DAILY   Order once per unit
GENERAL HEALTH PANL
GHP

8005000
DAILY EDTA (Purple top) tube
and 2.0 mL SERUM
CBC, TSH, and CMP

GENTAMICIN
GENT

8017000
DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
GGT
GGT
8297700 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  

GIARDIA ANTIGEN FECES
GIARDIA
8732800 DAILY Stool Sample  
GLUCOSE, QUANTITATIVE
GLUC
8294700
DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
GLUCOSE, URINE, QUAL.
GLUR
8100500
DAILY
1.0 mL of a random URINE collection  

GLUCOSE, CSF
CSFGLUC

8294701
DAILY Tube ONE of a CSF collection  
GLUCOSE, MISC. FLUID
FLGLUC
8294702 DAILY Fluid in Red Top Tube  

GLUCOSE, URINE
URGLU
8294703 DAILY
0.5 mL URINE
 
GLU TOLERANCE TEST
GTT3

8295100
DAILY Testing for 3 specimens  
GTT, EACH ADD. SPECIMEN
GTT+
8295200 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN
HGBA1C


8303600
DAILY EDTA (purple top) Tube  
GRAM STAIN
GRAM
8720500 DAILY Specimen in sterile sample cup,
syringe, or sterile swab transport media
 

HEMATOCRIT
HCT

8501400
DAILY EDTA (Purple Top Tube)  

HEMOGLOBIN
HGB
8501800 DAILY EDTA (Purple Top Tube)  
HDL - CHOLESTEROL
HDL
8371800
DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA 8-12 hour fasting specimen preferred

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE
LDH
8361500 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
LDL CHOLESTEROL
LDL

8372100

DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA Total Cholesterol, HDL,
Triglycerides, Calc. LDL
LEGAL ALCOHOL
LEGALALC
4020008 DAILY
Use Legal Alcohol kit provided by the police department
 

LIPID PANEL
LIPID
8006100 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA

Dir. & Total Bili, Alk. Phos.,
Alb., AST, ALT, Total Protein

LIVER PANEL
LFT
8007600 DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA
Sodium, Pottasium, Chloride, CO2
ELECTROLYTES
LYTES
8005100 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA
Hemolyzed specimen unacceptable
MAGNESIUM
MG
8373500 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
MYOGLOBIN
MYOGLOB

8387400
DAILY 0.5 mL EDTA PLASMA or EDTA WHOLE BLOOD  

OCCULT BLOOD, OTHER
OCCBLDOT
8227300
DAILY
   

OCC BLOOD, STOOL, DIAG
OCCBLD
8227000 DAILY Stool sample on hemoccult card  

OCC BLOOD, STOOL, SCRN
OCCBLDSC

8227001
DAILY Stool sample on hemoccult card  

PH BODY FLUID, OTHER
PH

8398600
DAILY Body fluid in syringe  
PH, STOOL
SPH

8398600
DAILY Stool Sample  

*PHENYLALANINE
PHENYLAL

8403000
DAILY
0.5 mL PLASMA (less for pediatric)
REFERRED
PHENOBARBITOL
PHENO
8018400 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
PHENYTOIN, TOTAL
DILANTIN

8018500
DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
PHOSPHOROUS
PHOS
8410000 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
POTASSIUM
K
8413200 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA
Hemolyzed specimen unacceptable

POTASSIUM, URINE
URK
8413201
DAILY

5 mL URINE
 
PREGNANCY TEST, SERUM
PREG
8470300 DAILY
1.0 mL SERUM
 

PREGNANCY TEST, URINE
UAPREG
8102500 DAILY 5 mL URINE  

PROTEIN, TOTAL
TP

8415502
DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  

PROTIME/INR
PT/INR
8561000 DAILY 0.5 mL Citrated Plasma
(Blue Top Tube) FROZEN
 
PSA, DIAGNOSTIC
PSADIAG
8415300
DAILY
1.0 mL SERUM FROZEN  

PSA, SCREENING
PSASCR

4020103
DAILY 1.0 mL SERUM FROZEN  

PTT
PTT
8573000 DAILY 0.5 mL Citrated Plasma
(Blue Top Tube) FROZEN
 
QUICK STREP A
QSTREPA

8743000
DAILY Swab in transport media  
RENAL FUNCTION
RENAL
8006900 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
SALICYLATE
SALIC

8019600
DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM  
SGOT (AST)
AST
8445000 DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
SGPT (ALT)
ALT
8446000 DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA
 

SODIUM
NA
8429500
DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  
SODIUM, URINE, RANDOM
URNA

8430000
DAILY 0.5 mL URINE  
THEOPHYLLINE
THEO

8019800

DAILY

0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA
 

THERAP. PHLEBOTOMY
THERPHLE
9919500 MON-FRI   Call lab to schedule appointment
TRIGLYCERIDES
TRIG

8447800
DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA
8-12 hour fasting specimen preferred
TROPONIN I, QUANT
TROPONIN
8448400 DAILY 0.5 mL EDTA PLASMA or EDTA WHOLE BLOOD  
TSH
TSH

8444300
DAILY
1.0 mL SERUM
 
TYPE AND SCREEN
T&S
  DAILY EDTA and 7.0 mL Red Top Tube Includes ABO, Rh, and Antibody Screen
URIC ACID
URIC
8455000 DAILY
0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA
 

URIC ACID, URINE
URIC

8456000
DAILY 5 mL URINE
24HR from a 24 hour collection
Contact lab for collection instuctions and collection container
URINALYSIS
UA
8100100 / 8100300 DAILY 5 mL URINE
 

URINALYSIS, MICRO ONLY
UAMICRO
8101500 DAILY 5 mL URINE  

VALPROIC ACID
VALP

8016400
DAILY 0.5 mL SERUM or HEP. PLASMA  

VENIPUNCTURE, ROUTINE
VEN
4020006
DAILY
   
WET PREP
WETPREP
8722000 DAILY Swab in 0.9% saline    
RBC0
RBC
850410 DAILY EDTA (Purple Top Tube)  
RBC, MISC. FLUID
RBC-FLU

8905000
DAILY
Fluid in EDTA (purple top) tube
 
RBC, CSF
CSFRBC
8905002 DAILY Tube FOUR of a CSF collection  

RETICULOCYTE
RETIC
8504400 DAILY EDTA (Purple Top Tube)
 
SEDIMENTATION RATE
SEDRATE
8565100 DAILY
EDTA (Purple Top Tube)
 
PLATELET COUNT
PLT
8559500 DAILY EDTA (Purple Top Tube)
 

WBC
WBC
8504800 DAILY
EDTA (Purple Top Tube)
 

WBC, CSF
CSFWBC
8905001 DAILY Tube FOUR of a CSF collection
 

WBC, MISC. FLUID
FLWBC
8905003 DAILY Fluid in EDTA (purple top) tube
 
INFLUENZA A ANTIGEN
INFLUAAG
8727600 DAILY NP Swabs Collected in M4 media
 

INFLUENZA B ANTIGEN
INFLUBAG
8729900 DAILY
NP Swabs Collected in M4 media
 
H-PYLORI
HPYLORI
8667700 MON & THUR 0.5 mL Serum
 
LYME ANTIBODY
LYMES
8661800 TUES & SUN
0.5 mL Serum
 
MONOTEST
MONO
8630800 DAILY 0.5 mL Serum, Plasma, or
EDTA tube
 
RA, LATEX TEST
RA
8643000 DAILY 0.5 mL Serum
 
RUBELLA ANTIBODY
RUBELLA
8676200 DAILY 0.5 mL Serum REFERRED TO FSH

URINE DRUG SCREEN
VMHUDRUG
  DAILY 5 mL Random Urine  
EKG
EKG
9300500 DAILY    
HOLTER MONITOR, 24 HRS
HOLTER24
9322500 MON, WED, & FRI  
CALL LAB TO SCHEDULE
HOLTER MONITOR, 48 HRS
HOLTER48 X 2
9322500 MON, WED, & FRI  
CALL LAB TO SCHEDULE
RHYTHM STRIP
RHYTHM
9304100 DAILY    

SPECIFIC GRAVITY
SGRAVITY
8431500 DAILY
Fluid in sterile sample cup
 
HKOH SLIDE / FUNGI
KOH
8721000 DAILY Swab in 0.9% saline
Skin scraping in sterile sample cup