Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Body Fluid, Potassium

Synonyms

  • BF K
  • K
  • LAB193
  • POTASSIUM, FLUID

Cerner Name

Potassium, Fluid

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

Misc

Specimen Types

Body Fluid

Specimen Volume

Container

Screw Cap

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Sterile Transport Tube
Specimen: 1 mL Body Fluid ( 0.5 mL min)
Specimen Source Must be Provided 

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

14 Days Room Temperature
14 Days Refrigerated
14 days  Frozen

Methodology

Ion-Selective Electrode (ISE)

Days Performed

TAT; 1 Day

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Core Lab at CFAM

CPT

84999

PDM

5302317

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results

Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
FLUID SOURCE FLUIDSOUR FLUID SOURCE Body Fluid Source
POTASSIUM, FLUID KFL POTASSIUM FL Potassium, Fluid

Result Interpretation

See report

Forms

LAB193 build edit