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

Stability

Stability after cell separation:
8 hours at RT (15-25°C)             
1 week refrigerated at 2-8°C

Performed

Monday - Friday

Methodology

Absorbance

Reported

4 hour routine, 1 hour STAT

Department

Core Lab

Synonyms

Phosphorus, serum; PHOS

Reference Interval

Phosphorus, Serum	Human
	Male	Female
	mg/dL
1 year - 4 years	3.4-5.9	3.4-5.9
5 years - 9 years	2.9-5.9	2.9-5.9
10 years - 14 years	3.3-6.2	3.3-6.2
15+ years	2.5-4.6	2.5-4.6

CPT Code

84100