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HEMATOCRIT with Arterial Blood Gas
Test Mnemonic:

 AC HCT
Performed:

 High Volume Lab room 5.134 McCullough, Point-of-Care - ISCU
Turnaround Time:

 10 minutes (5 minutes CODE)

Specimen Requirements: Collect: Routine venipuncture.  Heparinized syringe, green-topped (heparin) vacutainer tube, or lavender-topped (EDTA) vacutainer tube  

Specimen Preparation:  Place specimen on ice and immediately transport to the lab (within 10 minutes after collection)  

Storage/Transport: delivered to Sample Management within 10  minutes of collection

Causes for Rejection: Clotted; blood leaking from syringe; large air space or bubbles in syringe; syringes with needles attached; and specimens not delivered to the lab within allotted time; incomplete and/or incorrect sample identification, improper storage/transport.
Clinical Information:

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

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

 Emergency cases should be sent to the Blood Gas Section of the High Volume Lab. This information applies to those cases. Indicate on slip and announce to lab personnel if sample is a CODE; sample will receive priority analysis. For routine hematocrit tests, order Hematocrit only (Hematology test) and send or deliver to Sample Managment, room 5.136 McCullough Building.
CPT 4 Code:

  85014
  Reviewed by Tho Nguyen, MT(ASCP) 7/5/13

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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