Category
Routine Chemistry
Sub Category
Metabolic
Synonym/Aliases
Lactate
Abbreviations
- N/A
Type
INDIVIDUAL TEST
Results
RESULTS READY WITHIN 5 WORKING DAYS
Method
SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC
Temp
SAMPLE KEPT AT R (2-8℃): 72 HOURS; F (-20℃):30DAYS
Setup
ALL WORKING DAYS
Components Parameters
NOT APPLICABLE
PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS
Test Ordering Instructions
FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY. COLLECT IN FLUORIDE (GREY TOP) VACUTAINER WITHOUT TOURNIQUET; SEPARATE FLUORIDE/ OXALATE PLASMA IMMEDIATELY AND FREEZE
Patient preparation
NOT APPLICABLE
Sample type
FLUORIDE/ OXALATE PLASMA SEPARATED IMMEDIATELY AND FROZEN
Container/ preservative
FLUORIDE/ OXALATE (GREY TOP) VACUTAINER
Sample volume
AT LEAST 2 ML
Rejection criteria
SAMPLES AT ROOM TEMPERATURE; LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE; INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE; GROSS LIPEMIA;
Other Instructions
AVOID STASIS DURING SAMPLE COLLECTION E.G. AVOID FIST CLENCHING & IF POSSIBLE COLLECT WITHOUT TOURNIQUET.
Reference intervals
INTERPRETIVE DATA IS PROVIDED ON THE REPORT.
Clinical Utility
DIAGNOSE & MONITOR LACTIC ACIDOSIS IN HYPOXIC (SHOCK, HYPOVOLEMIA, HEART FAILURE, ETC) & METABOLIC STATES (E.G. DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, ETHANOL INTOXICATION, METHANOL POISONING, SALICYLATES)
Test Limitations / Confounders
TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE ANALYTE.