Specimen:

Plasma

Collection Medium:

Alternate
Collection Media:

Pink top tube (EDTA sprayed)

Minimum:

Preferred Minimum: 1.0 mL plasma
Absolute Minimum: 0.5 mL plasma

Rejection Criteria:

Serum or heparinized plasma specimens.  Nonfrozen specimens.

Delivery Instructions:

Deliver to laboratory immediately after collection.  Critical frozen.

Specimen
Instructions:

Specimen must be processed and frozen within two hours of collection.  
Testing can not be added on if the sample has not been processed and 
frozen within 2 hours; Reference Laboratory will reject.

Analytic Time:

4 working days

Reference Range:

Male and female - 1 week-9 years:  5 - 46 pg/mL
Male and female - 10-18 years:     6 - 55 pg/mL
Female - 19 years and older:       6 - 58 pg/mL
Male - 19 years and older:         7 - 69 pg/mL

Interpretive Data:

Some types of synthetic ACTH are not detected by this assay.

Methodology:

Chemiluminescent Immunoassay

CPT Code:

82024