Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

L-Asparaginase

Synonyms

L-ASPARAGINASE
LAB11162

Cerner Name

Clinical Info

The assay is intended to help physicians identify patients experiencing “silent inactivation” and/or rapid clearance so
as to ensure that adequate asparaginase activity is present during treatment.

Specimen Sources

Blood, Arterial Blood, Capillary Blood, Central Line Blood, Venous

Specimen Types

Blood

Container

Gold Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Preferred Specimen(s)
1 mL serum or
1 mL plasma collected in an EDTA K2 (lavender-top) tube

Specimen Volume

Preferred Specimen(s)
1 mL serum or
1 mL plasma (0.3 mL Min Volume)

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 3 years

Methodology

Coupled enzymatic assay

Days Performed

TEST Set up: Mon-Fri; Report available: Same day

Performing Laboratory

Quest/ Next Molecular Analytics

CPT

82657

PDM

225004

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results

Component Name	Base Name	Common Name	External Name
L-ASPARAGINASE	LASPARAGIN	L ASPARAGINASE	Asparaginase Activity
SPECIMEN SOURCE, ASP	SOURCEASP	SPECIMEN SOURCE, ASPIRATE	Spec Source, Asp
COMMENTS (REF LAB)	COMMENTREF	COMMENTS REF LAB	Comments (Ref lab)
REVIEWEDBY	UGT1A1REVBY	REVIEWEDBY	Reviewed By
REVIEW DATE	REVIEWDATE	REVIEW DATE	Review Date

Result Interpretation

see report

Forms

Asparaginase Requisition Form

LAB11162

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