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Values are valid only on day of printing. |
Specimen Type: Serum
Container/Tube: Red or SST
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Draw blood in a plain, red-top tube(s), serum gel tube(s) is acceptable. Spin down and send 1 mL of serum ambient in a plastic vial.
Specimens other than | Serum |
Anticoagulants other than | NA |
Hemolysis | NA |
Lipemia | NA |
Icteric | NA |
Specimen Type | Temperature | Time | Special Container |
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Serum | Ambient (preferred) | 14 days | |
Frozen | 28 days | ||
Refrigerated | 14 days |