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Glucose, Urine, Random

Specimen Type = Yellow Top Urine Tube

Specimen Type

Test ID   LAB5192
EPIC Order
   GLUCOSE, RANDOM URINE
CPT Code(s)   82945
Group/Individual Test   Individual
Laboratory   Core Laboratory
Tube Station   Routine 30; STAT 888
Specimen Routine: 10 mL random urine in Yellow Top Urine Tube or Sterile container (No Preservative/Additive)
  Micro: 1 mL random urine in Yellow Top Urine Tube or Sterile container (No Preservative/Additive)
Stability
Room temperature: 4 hours
Refrigerator: 4 days
Frozen: 30 days
Availability Routine: 24 hrs/day
  STAT: YES 
Turnaround Time   STAT 1 hr; Routine 2 hrs
Reference Range   Variable 
Comment The reference range for random urine glucose is variable. Other clinical data should be considered when interpreting these results. 

Reviewed by J. Carr on January 05, 2026

UNC Hospitals
McLendon Clinical Laboratories
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514