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Boca Biolistics Reference Laboratory > Test Menu > H > Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin

Abbreviation

HGB

Transport Temp

2-8 C (ice packs) or ambient

Stability

store at 2-8 C up to 24 hours, CBC’s not viable after 24 hours

Minimum Vol

EDTA Draw tube at least half full

Alternative Specimens

None

Reference Ranges

Male: 12.9-15.9 g/dL Female: 10.8-14.2 g/dL

Collection Instructions

Routine venipuncture

Transport Container

Draw tube

Methodology

Colorimetric determination

Clinical Significance

Decreased-Aplastic anemia, cancer, anti-retroviral drugs for HIV infection, chemotherapy drugs, cirrhosis, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, hypothyroidism, iron deficiency anemia, chronic kidney disease, cystitis, leukemia, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes, gastritis, vitamin deficiency anemia, enlarged spleen, porphyria, UTI, thalassemia, vasculitis, hemolysis. Increased-COPD, congenital heart disease in adults, emphysema, heart failure, kidney cancer, liver cancer, high altitudes, polycythemia vera, smoking

Anything else included in test?

N/A

Preferred Specimen

Plasma, EDTA

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