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Email: | mcl@mayo.edu |
Telephone: | 800-533-1710 |
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Values are valid only on day of printing. |
Collection Container/Tube: 10 mL Red
Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Acceptable: SST
Collection Instructions: Draw blood in a plain red-top tube(s), serum gel tube is acceptable. Spin down and send 3 mL of serum refrigerated in a plastic vial.
Gross hemolysis: | Reject |
Thawing: | Warm OK; Cold OK |
Gross lipemia: | Reject |
Gross icterus | Reject |
Other: | Anything other than serum; bacterial contamination |
Specimen Type | Temperature | Time | Special Container |
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Serum | Refrigerated (preferred) | 14 days | |
Frozen | 60 days | ||
Ambient | 7 days |