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QMS-PCON-MISC-60100 Turnaround Time (TAT) List
Manual: Process Control
Distribution: Quality Office / Issued By: TS, Quality
Approved By: Laboratory Medical Director or Designate

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ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY TURNAROUND TIMES
Specimen / Turnaround Time
(working days)
Cytology Non-Gynecologic / 3 days
Flow Cytometry / 4 days
Surgical Pathology
Bone Marrow Report / 10 days
Frozen Section, Simple (one specimen/one block) / 20 minutes
Surgical Report, Simple / 4 days
Surgical Report, Complex / 10 days
Surgical Report, “RUSH” / 2 days
CORE LABORATORY TURNAROUND TIMES
Analyte / Turnaround Time
ROUTINE / STAT
CHEMISTRY
Acetaminophen / 4 hours / 1 hour
Albumin / 4 hours / 1 hour
Alkaline Phosphatase / 4 hours / 1 hour
ALT / 4 hours / 1 hour
Ammonia / 1 hour
Amylase / 4 hours / 1 hour
AST / 4 hours / 1 hour
Bilirubin, Direct / 4 hours / 1 hour
Bilirubin, Total / 4 hours / 1 hour
Blood Gases / 30 minutes / 30 minutes
BNP / 1 hour
Carbamazepine / 4 hours / 1 hour
Carboxyhemoglobin / 30 minutes / 30 minutes
Calcium, Ionized / 4hours / 1 hour
Calcium, Total / 4 hours / 1 hour
Cerebrospinal fluid / 1 hour / 1 hour
Chloride / 4 hours / 1 hour
Cholesterol, Total / 4 hours
Cholesterol / HDL Ratio / 4 hours
CK / 4 hours / 1 hour
CRP / 4 hours / 1 hour
Cortisol / 4 hours
Creatinine / 4 hours / 1 hour
Creatinine Clearance / 4 hours
Digoxin / 4 hours / 1 hour
Dilantin (Phenytoin) / 4 hours / 1 hour
Drugs Of Abuse (Any) / 4 hours / 1 hour
Ethanol / 4 hours / 1 hour
Ferritin / 4 hours
Fetal Fibronectin / 2 hours
Free T3 / 4 hours
Free T4 / 4 hours
Gentamicin / 4 hours / 1 hour
GGT / 4 hours / 1 hour
Glucose, Fasting / 4 hours / 1 hour
Glucose, PC / 4 hours / 1 hour
Glucose, Random / 4 hours / 1 hour
GTT / 8 hours
HCG / 4 hours / 1 hour
HDL / 4 hours
Ketones, Serum / 4 hours / 1 hour
Lactate / 30 minutes / 30 minutes
LDH / 4 hours / 1 hour
LDL / 4 hours
Lithium / 4 hours / 1 hour
Magnesium / 4 hours / 1 hour
Methemoglobin / 30 minutes / 30 minutes
Occult Blood / 4 hours
Osmolality / 4 hours / 2 hours
Phosphorus / 4 hours / 1 hour
Potassium / 4 hours / 1 hour
Protein, Total / 4 hours / 1 hour
PSA, Total / 4 hours
Salicylate / 4 hours / 1 hour
Sodium / 4 hours / 1 hour
Theophylline / 4 hours / 1 hour
Tobramycin / 4 hours / 1 hour
Triglycerides / 4 hours
Troponin I / 4 hours / 1 hour
TSH / 4 hours / 1 hour
Urea (BUN) / 4 hours / 1 hour
Uric Acid / 4 hours
Urinalysis / 2 hours / 2 hours
Urine Analytes, 24 Hour, Any / 4 hours
Urine Analytes, Random, Any / 4 hours
Vancomycin / 4 hours / 1 hour
Vitamin B12 / 4 hours
HEMATOLOGY
Betke Kleihauer / 24 hours / 4 hours
Body Fluid, Cell Count / 4 hours / 1 hour
CBC (Complete Blood Count) / 4 hours / 30 minutes
CSF, Cell Count / 1 hour
D-Dimer / 4 hours / 1 hour
Differential Blood Count / Slide Review (By Technologist) / 24 hours / 2 hours
Eosinophils, Absolute / 24 hours
Eosinophils, Urine / 24 hours
ESR / 4 hours
Fibrinogen / 4-6 hours / 1 hour
INR / 4 hours / 1 hour
PTT / 4 hours / 1 hour
Malarial Parasites (Scan & Parasitemia Level) / 1 hour
Mono Test / 6 hours / 2 hours
Reticulocyte Count / 4 hours / 30 minutes
Rheumatoid Arthritis / 24 hours
Sickle Cell Screen / 4 hours / 1 hour
MICROBIOLOGY
Blood Culture (No Growth) / 5 days / 5 days
C. difficile / 4 hours
MRSA / 4 hours
RSV / 8 hours / 2 hours
VRE / 4 hours
TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
DAT / 4 hours / 1 hour
Transfusion Reaction Investigation (By Technologist) / 2 hours
Transfusion Reaction Investigation Report (By Pathologist) / 2 - 3 days
Type And Screen / 24 hours / 1 hour