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Email: | mcl@mayo.edu |
Telephone: | 800-533-1710 |
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Values are valid only on day of printing. |
For optimal isolation of leukocytes, it is recommended the specimen arrive refrigerate within 144 hours of collection to be stabilized. Collect specimen Monday through Thursday only and not the day before a holiday. Specimen should be collected and packaged as close to shipping time as possible.
Container/Tube:
Preferred: Yellow top (ACD solution B)
Acceptable: Yellow top (ACD solution A)
Specimen Volume: 6 mL
Collection Instructions: Send specimen in original tube. Do not transfer blood to other containers.
1. New York Clients-Informed consent is required. Document on the request form or electronic order that a copy is on file. The following documents are available in Special Instructions:
-Informed Consent for Genetic Testing (T576)
-Informed Consent for Genetic Testing-Spanish (T826)
2. Biochemical Genetics Patient Information (T602) in Special Instructions
3. If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send an Inborn Errors of Metabolism Test Request (T798) with the specimen.
Gross hemolysis | Reject |
Specimen Type | Temperature | Time | Special Container |
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Whole Blood ACD | Refrigerated (preferred) | 6 days | YELLOW TOP/ACD |
Ambient | 4 days | YELLOW TOP/ACD |