Orderable Name Pyruvic Acid Pyruvic Acid

Specimen Type

Blood

1.0 ml

Gray, Sodium Fluoride / Potassium Oxalate

Plasma / Refrigerate

Aliquot 2 ml of whole blood into perchloric acid tubes obtained from RIH Toxicology Laboratory.

Shake well, refrigerate.

Sample must arrive at RIH within 45 minutes of collection.

Weekly

0.03-0.08 mMol/L

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