Calcium, 24 HR Urine CA24

Synonyms

Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name

Calcium, Urine 24 Hour

Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name

Calcium, Urine 24 Hour

EPIC Order Name

24 Hour Urine, Calcium

Clinical Info

Specimen Type

Urine

Container

24hr Ur 10mL 6N HCl

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Plastic urine container
Specimen Volume:  20 mL well mixed aliquot from 24 hr urine collection.(10mL min)
Collection Instructions: Requires 10 mL HCL preservative for pH <2. 
Note: Starting and ending times of collection are required.  Mark Total volume on container.

Transport Instructions

Specimen Stability

2 days Room Temperature
4 days Refrigerated
3 weeks Frozen

Methodology

Colorimetric
Includes Creatinine

Days Performed

Monday through Sunday

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

81050-Urine timed measurement
82340-Calcium

PDM

5300590

Result Interpretation

50-150 mg/24 hours

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