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Hematocrit

Tube Type

Test ID LAB289
EPIC Order HEMATOCRIT
CPT Code(s) 85014
Group/Individual Test Individual
Laboratory Core Laboratory
Tube Station 30 Routine: 888 STAT
Specimen Routine: Blood/lavender EDTA tube: 1.0 mL minimum volume 
Micro: 0.5 mL blood/lavender EDTA microtainer
Stability
Room Temperature 24 hrs
Refrigerate 24 hrs
Frozen NO
Availability Routine: 24 hrs/day
STAT: YES
Turnaround Time Routine: 2 hrs.
  STAT: 30 mins
Reference Range Normal: See Table (Opens in new window - close to return)
Critical:

<15%, adults, peds

>60% 2 weeks and adults

Reviewed by J. Carr on November 25, 2025

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