Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories

Collect

Plain red top or SST tube.

Specimen Preparation

Onsite [NJH]: Transport to lab within 1 hour.
Offsite: Separate serum from cells within 2 hours by centrifuge and aliquot into a labeled polypropylene or similar plastic tube.
Preferred volume: 1 mL serum

Patient Prep

Overnight (12 hours) fasting is recommended.

Pediatric Collection

Minimum volume: 0.1 mL serum

Storage Transport Temp

Offsite: Send frozen serum Priority Overnight via FedEx and in a well insulated container on dry ice.

Stability

Stability after cell separation:
7 days refrigerated at 2-8°C
3 months  frozen at -20°C

Notes

This test is a component of the LIPANX panel.

Performed

Mon-Fri

Methodology

Cholesterol Dehydrogenase

Reported

4 hour routine, 1 hour STAT

Department

Core Lab

Synonyms

Total Cholesterol;CHOLX

Reference Interval

Cholesterol, Serum	Human
	Male	Female
	mg/dL
Newborn - 4 years	66-190	83-211
5 years - 9 years	98-210	96-211
10 years - 19 years	82-212	95-237
20+ years	50-200	50-200

CPT Code

82465