The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

Pregnancy Test
Order Code: SPGPOC
Order Form: A-1a General Lab or IPR Req 		  Hematology
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen
 
Serum
Collection Medium:
Red top tube 


Minimum:


5 ml; red top


Testing Schedule:


24 hrs/day, 7 days a week, including holidays.


Analytic Time:


30 minutes


Reference Range:


Positive = pregnant;  negative = not pregnant (or <2 weeks)
Positive if over 10 mIU/mL


Methodology:


Rapid Immunoassay


CPT Code:


84703


 


See also:
Chorionic Gonadotropin, Total, Human, Quantitative (hCG), Plasma




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Updated: 03/01/2007

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