Web: | mayocliniclabs.com |
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Email: | mcl@mayo.edu |
Telephone: | 800-533-1710 |
International: | +1 855-379-3115 |
Values are valid only on day of printing. |
Collection Container/Tube:
Preferred: Red top
Acceptable: Serum gel
Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Collection Instructions:
1. Draw blood no sooner than 12 hours (trough value) after last dose.
2. Centrifuge within 2 hours of collection and aliquot serum into plastic vial.
If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send a Therapeutics Test Request (T831) with the specimen.
Gross hemolysis | OK |
Gross lipemia | OK |
Gross icterus | OK |
Specimen Type | Temperature | Time | Special Container |
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Serum Red | Ambient (preferred) | 28 days | |
Frozen | 28 days | ||
Refrigerated | 28 days |