Pregnancy Urine

SIM

20710 

CPT

81025 

Synonyms

UCG (Urine chorionic gonadotropin) 

Specimen Type

Urine 

Container

Sterile urine container

Collection Instructions

Freshly collected first voided urine of the morning is optimal.

Volume

5 ml preferred 
Min:  1ml 

Additional Information

No preservative required

Patient Preparation

None

Specimen Processing Instructions

None

Transport Requirements

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

Refrigerated:  48 hours 

Rejection Criteria

Insufficient volume

Reference Range

Negative

Critical Value

none 

Test Includes

Rapid UCG 

Methodology

Rapid Chromatographic immunoassay 

Testing Frequency

Daily, Monday - Sunday 

Reviewed By

Summer Brochu

Reviewed Date

12/22/2021

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