Hemoglobin

HGB

2-8 C (ice packs) or ambient

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

EDTA Draw tube at least half full

None

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

Routine venipuncture

Draw tube

Colorimetric determination

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