Electrolyte Panel
Quest Diagnostics
Sample type: Serum
Requires fasting: No
Phlebotomy required
Details
The Electrolyte Panel is a set of four tests that check your body's electrolyte levels, acid-base balance, and water balance. It's often used in hospitals and emergency rooms to help diagnose various conditions and to monitor how certain treatments are affecting your electrolyte balance.
- Carbon Dioxide
- Chloride
- Potassium
- Sodium
Estimated days for results: Results should be available in 2 - 5 business days after the sample is collected
This is a set of four tests that check your body's electrolyte levels, acid-base balance, and water balance. It's often used in hospitals and emergency rooms to help diagnose various conditions and to monitor how certain treatments are affecting your electrolyte balance.
- Sodium: Checks if you have the right amount of water in your body and maintains proper pressure to prevent leaks from cells and organs. It's crucial for diagnosing and treating electrolyte imbalances.
- Potassium: Essential for muscle and nerve function and helps maintain fluid balance. It's used to diagnose and treat conditions with abnormal potassium levels.
- Chloride: Helps keep your body's fluid volume, acidity, and electrical neutrality. It's important for diagnosing and treating metabolic disorders and conditions like cystic fibrosis and diabetic acidosis.
- Carbon Dioxide (Bicarbonate): Assesses your body's acid-base balance. It's evaluated with other electrolytes to diagnose and treat disorders affecting your body's acid-base balance.
What type of sample is required for this test?
2–5 business days
Blood Draw Options with Fullscript
Fullscript offers several convenient phlebotomy options to complete your lab testing:
Quest Diagnostics Patient Service Centers (PSC)
- Location: Visit a nearby Quest Diagnostics Patient Service Center.
- Cost: $10 sample collection fee (paid during lab order checkout).
- Scheduling: Schedule your appointment here. Appointments are recommended to reduce wait times. Walk-ins are accepted, but may experience delays. Aim to arrive 10 minutes before your appointment.
- Collection Instructions:
- Bring a valid ID.
- Bring your digital or printed requisition form, available in the Labs tab of your Fullscript account.
- Check-in: Scan the QR code from your confirmation email or follow kiosk instructions.
- More Info: Quest Diagnostics blood draw guide
Getlabs Mobile Phlebotomy
- Location: Sample collection at your home or office.
- Cost: $85 sample collection fee (paid during lab order checkout).
- Availability: Available in most locations – enter your ZIP code during checkout to confirm.
- Scheduling: Schedule your appointment here through your Fullscript account.
- Collection Instructions:
- Have your digital or printed requisition form and valid ID ready.
- Your phlebotomist will contact you by phone to coordinate arrival.
- More Info: Getlabs blood draw guide
- Preferred Specimen(s): 1 mL serum
- Alternative: NA
- Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL
- Collection Instructions: NA
- Transport Container: Serum separator tube (SST)
- Transport Temperature: Room Temperature
- Specimen Stability:
- Room temperature: 72 hours
- Refrigerated: 72 hours
- Frozen: 28 days
- Reject Criteria:
- See individual tests
State restrictions:
Patient can't order this test if they are located in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, New York, or Rhode Island
