URIC ACID, URINE, 24-HOUR

Methodology: Uricase

 

Test Performed At:

 

 

St Louis Children’s Hospital Laboratory

 

Specimen Required:

 

 

Submit entire 24-hour urine collection in a urine container supplied by St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Refrigerate specimen during collection. Call 314-454-4161 to obtain container.  Please note collection start and stop times on container.

 

 

NOTE:

Follow instructions on policies section, “Urine Collection.”

 

Laboratory Notes:

 

 

Mix specimen well before pouring off aliquot tube. Measure the  total volume collected; aliquot into a conical tube, spin and separate.

 

 

NOTES:

Total collection volume and duration must be noted on aliquot tube.

 

Day(s) Test Set Up:

 

 

Monday - Sunday

 

Turn Around Time:

 

 

Same Day

 

Reference Values:

 

 

< 16 yrs:

No established reference values

 

 

 > 16 yrs:

250-750 mg/24 hours

 

CPT Code:

 

 

84560

 

KIDDOS Order Name:

 

 

Uric Acid 24 Hour Urine Battery

 

Cerner Order Name:

 

 

24H Ur Uric Acid SLC

 

Last Updated 06/09

Last Reviewed 12/09