BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS, umbilical cord (087-5101)

AC ABG and/or AC VBG

Potentiometric

Clinical Chemistry (HVL Room 5.134 McCullough)

STAT: 10 minutes; CODE: 5 minutes

Collect:  Care should be taken to avoid drawing air into the syringe. Bubbles should be removed from the sample immediately.  Blood should be drawn into gas-tight plastic syringes using 1000-unit sodium or lithium heparin. Other anticoagulants are not acceptable.

Storage/Transport:  Place the specimen on ice and immediately transport to the lab (within 15 minutes after collection)

Causes for Rejection: Clotted, improperly labeled, or QNS specimen; improper container; anticoagulant other than sodium or lithium heparin; blood leaking from syringe; large air space or bubbles in syringe; syringes with needles attached; and not delivered to the lab within allotted time

If applicable, state clinical information that is required to be provided with specimen.

By report (reports may vary based on instrumentation, patient age and sex)

Blood must be drawn anaerobically. Requisition must indicate requesting physician's name, date & time drawn, and type of sample (arterial, venous or capillary).

82803

When ordering tests for which Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement will be sought, physicians should only order tests that are medically necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of the patient.  Components of the organ or disease panels may be ordered individually.  The diagnostic information must substantiate all tests ordered and must be in the form of an ICD-9 code or its verbal equivalent.

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