Basic Metabolic Panel

General Information

Lab Name

Lab Code

BMP

Epic Ordering

Basic Metabolic Panel

Description

Note: for anion gap see test component Anion Gap [IGAP]

Synonyms

Anion Gap, Chem 7, Chem 8

Components

Specimen Type

Blood

Collection

HMC and UW-MT Onsite Locations

Preferred: 4 mL blood in LIME GREEN PST tube
Also Acceptable: 4 mL blood in ORANGE RST, GOLD SST, RED TOP or GREEN TOP (Lithium Heparin)
Pediatric: 1 Full LIME GREEN MICROTAINER
Unacceptable: GRAY TOP or GREEN TOP (Sodium Heparin)

Offsite Clinic or Other Locations

Preferred: 4 mL blood in GOLD SST tube
Also Acceptable: 4 mL blood in ORANGE RST or LIME GREEN PST, RED TOP or GREEN TOP (Lithium Heparin)
Pediatric: 1 Full LIME GREEN MICROTAINER
Unacceptable: GRAY TOP or GREEN TOP (Sodium Heparin)

Handling Instructions

Note: This battery cannot be added onto a specimen that was received more than 8 hours ago since it contains a CO2 test.

Quantity

requested: 0.5 mL plasma/serum
minimum: 0.3 mL plasma/serum

Processing: Refrigerate plasma/serum

Note : Plasma or serum should be separated from the cells within 2 hr and stored refrigerated. For storage stability, see individual analytes

LIS Dept Code

Chemistry, Automated Panels (CHA)

Performing Location(s)

HMC	Chemistry, Automated 206-520-4600 325 9th Ave, Rm # GWH-47, Seattle, WA 98104-2420
UW-NW	Main Lab 206-668-1344 UW Medical Center – Northwest 1550 N 115th Street, A200 Seattle, WA 98133
FHCC	Fred Hutch Alliance Lab 206-606-1088 825 Eastlake Ave, Seattle, WA 98109
UW-MT	Chemistry, Automated 206-520-4600 Clinical Lab, Room NW220, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific street, Seattle, WA 98195
FHCC	Fred Hutch Community Lab, Evergreen Campus 425-441-2640 10240 NE 128th St Kirkland, WA 98034

Frequency

Daily

Available STAT?

Yes