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Purine and Pyrimidine Profile - Blood

Source Blood
  
Mnemonic BGLBL

BGL Test Name Prompt: Purine Pyrimid
Specimen Requirements 1 x 4 mL dark green top sodium heparin tube, NOT PST 

Serum will not be accepted.

Minimum: 0.5 mL plasma
 
Requires a four-hour fast or just prior to next feed for newborns.
 
Specimen Handling Send a copy of the requisition with the specimen.
 
PSC:
Centrifuge, transfer plasma to aliquot tube, write "Heparin" on the aliquot tube, and transport on ice to DSC.

RRL:
Centrifuge, transfer plasma to aliquot tube, write "Heparin" on the aliquot tube, and transport on ice to ACH.

Extra-regional:
Centrifuge, transfer plasma to aliquot tube, write "Heparin" on the aliquot tube, and freeze prior to transport to DSC.
Additional Information Metabolites reported: uracil, 2,8-dihydroxyadenosine, urate, guanine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, thymine, inosine, guanosine, 2-deoxy-guanosine, adenosine, thymidine, succinyladenosine, oxypurinol, allopurinol.
 
Testing Location ACH Biochemical Genetics Lab
Testing Frequency Monthly
 
Alternate Name(s)
Reference Interval Provided on test report.