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. |
Supplies: Alzheimer’s Disease Evaluation (ADEVL) Collection Kit (T836)
Collection Container/Tube: CSF AD Biomarker Tube; specimens not collected in this tube will be rejected
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Collection Instructions:
1. Perform lumbar puncture and discard the first 1 to 2 mL of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
2. Collect 2 mL of CSF directly into CSF AD Biomarker Tube. Do not aliquot. Analysis needs to be performed using collection tube.
If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send a Neurology Specialty Testing Client Test Request (T732) with the specimen.
Gross hemolysis | Reject |
Gross lipemia | OK |
Gross icterus | Reject |
Any tube other than CSF AD Biomarker Tube | Reject |
Specimen Type | Temperature | Time | Special Container |
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CSF | Frozen (preferred) | 30 days | BlueTop SARSTEDT |
Refrigerated | 14 days | BlueTop SARSTEDT | |
Ambient | 12 hours | BlueTop SARSTEDT |