Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Vitamin C

Synonyms

  • ASCORBIC ACID
  • LAB671
  • VITAMIN C

Cerner Name

Vitamin C

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

Blood

Container

Mt Grn

Collection Instructions

Specimen must be protected from light.

Container/Tube: Mint Green-top (lithium heparin) tube
Specimen: 1 mL (minimum volume: 0.5 mL) of plasma
Collection Instructions: Collect blood by venipuncture into a green-top containing
lithium heparin and mix immediately by gentle inversion at least six times to
ensure adequate mixing. Plasma must be separated from cells immediately
after venipuncture and transferred to light-protected amber plastic tube.
Separated plasma must be placed on dry ice for shipment within 4 hours
of separation.

Specimen Volume

Transport Instructions

Frozen

Specimen Stability

Room temperature Unstable
Refrigerated Unstable
Frozen 14 days

Methodology

Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS)

Days Performed

Monday through Friday
TAT: 4-6 Days

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp of America

CPT

82180
 
LOINC Code: 1903-4

PDM

5902760

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
VITAMIN C, SERUM VITAMINC VITAMIN C Vitamin C

Result Interpretation

0.4 - 2.0  mg/dL
Vitamin C deficiency is generally defined as plasma or serum
concentrations less than 0.2 mg/dL and levels between
0.2 and 0.4 mg/dL are considered low.

Forms
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