Quote Originally Posted by Burnt Toast
Whoever told you this is wrong. High creatinine levels are a non-issue because there are no upper limits established for creatinine. As long as the creatinine level is over 20 mg/dL, its satisfactory.
Hey Burnt,

Last questions. I swear, I promise (well, hopefully).

1) Are the digital thermometers on the side of QF boxes very easy to make unresponsive? While I normally have been testing with temperate water (I'm just pouring it back and forth between an empty shampoo bottle an the QF bottle), I have had warmer water at points. One time the temperature gauge came on....but when I was practicing about and hour ago it wouldn't activate at all. I originally didn't want to have to open multiple more of the QF packages I have (was going to exchange through Spectrum for 5.7), but if the thermometer dies that easily then I will either need to do so, or purchase some more temp readers from Walgreens/Walmart/Wherever.

2) Do you happen to know what the average creatinine level is in males? Each night I read a couple more posts to prepare more and more, and I came across one where you posted regulations for dilution, including that the lab must consider a sample dilute if it is 2<x<20 mg/dl. When searching the web for average for humans, I came across a couple sites stating it was .5-1.2ish mg/dl, and another that said 40-300 mg/dl (everywhere else I found was in mg passed per day). Trying to figure out if I should ask the roomie to eat some more creatine the day(s) before my test.

3) What is typically the timeframe for an employer to receive the results? As I mentioned before, this test is for a company I already work with, I'm just moving departments. As such, I'm going to be super nervous until I get outside of the timeframe (and really, until I go to training for the new group). It is Quest Diagnostics 10-Panel, which their website states is Immunoassay + Confirmation (if desired). With the confirmation, does that typically only happen if the Immunoassay is failed?

I've started the paperwork for the new department, and need to give my official decision by next friday. Originally we were under the impression that the testing may not need to be until Dec. 20ish, but I talked to a girl going into the same department at the same time, and she took hers today (filled out paperwork yesterday and confirmed the transfer). As such, seems like I will be able to post my results soon-ish.