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Email: | mcl@mayo.edu |
Telephone: | 800-533-1710 |
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Values are valid only on day of printing. |
The following are available in Special Instructions:
-Newborn Screening Act Sheet Niemann-Pick A/B Disease: Decreased Acid Sphingomyelinase
Collection Container/Tube:
Preferred: Lavender top (EDTA)
Acceptable: Green top (sodium heparin or lithium heparin), yellow top (ACD B)
Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial
Specimen Volume: 0.3 mL
Collection Instructions:
1. Centrifuge at 4 degrees C.
2. Aliquot plasma into plastic vial, taking care not to disturb the buffy coat layer.
3. Send frozen.
If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send an Inborn Errors of Metabolism Test Request (T798) with the specimen.
Gross hemolysis | OK |
Gross lipemia | OK |
Gross icterus | OK |
Specimen Type | Temperature | Time | Special Container |
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Plasma | Frozen | 65 days |