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

Pediatric Collection

Minimum volume: 0.1 mL serum

Storage Transport Temp

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

Stability

Stability after cell separation:
8 hours at room temperature
24 hours refrigerated at 2-8°C
>24 hours frozen at -20°C

Notes

This test is a component of the LIPANX panel.

Performed

Mon-Fri

Methodology

Direct Homogeneous

Reported

4 hour routine, 1 hour STAT

Department

Core Lab

Synonyms

HDL

Reference Interval

HDL Cholesterol, Serum	Human
	Male	Female
	mg/dL
All Ages	29.0-71.0	35.0-85.0

CPT Code

83718