Test code: L314 Methodology: Immunoassay Specimen Required: Collect: Red Top Tube – 0.5 ml seerum. Specimen Preparation: Serum free from hemolysis is the recommended specimens. Separate serum or plasma from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. Transfer serum from the Red top tube to a Standard Transport Tube. Storage/Transport Temperature: Refrigerated. Unacceptable Conditions: Gray (sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate), Green (sodium or lithium heparin). lavender (EDTA), Lt. blue (sodium citrate), or Separator tubes. Grossly hemolyzed, icteric, or lipemic specimens. Stability: After separation from cells: Ambient: 8 hours; Refrigerated: 1 week; Frozen: 1 month At Lincoln Diagnostics […]

Test code: L314

Methodology: Immunoassay

Specimen Required:

Collect: Red Top Tube – 0.5 ml seerum.
Specimen Preparation: Serum free from hemolysis is the recommended specimens. Separate serum or plasma from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. Transfer serum from the Red top tube to a Standard Transport Tube.
Storage/Transport Temperature: Refrigerated.
Unacceptable Conditions: Gray (sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate), Green (sodium or lithium heparin). lavender (EDTA), Lt. blue (sodium citrate), or Separator tubes. Grossly hemolyzed, icteric, or lipemic specimens.
Stability: After separation from cells: Ambient: 8 hours; Refrigerated: 1 week; Frozen: 1 month

At Lincoln Reference Laboratory: Refrigerated -7 days: Frozen- 1 month

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