Specimen Stability (for laboratory use only)
Collection Container
Green top (lithium heparin)
Service Code:
LBC00128
Collection Instructions:
1. Draw sufficient blood into green top tube.
2. Gently invert the tube 8 - 10 times.
3. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
2. Gently invert the tube 8 - 10 times.
3. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
Unacceptable Conditions:
Clotted
Specimen Stability:
Ambient
Process within 30 minutes from collection time.
Refrigerate
Frozen
Add on Test:
No add test
Reflex Tests:
N.A.
Performance
Turn Around Time:
Stat: 2 hours Routine: 4 hours
Days Test Performed:
Testing Laboratory:
Woodlands Hospital Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Biochemistry
Clinical & Interpretative
Description:
Methodology:
Electrochemical
Reference Interval:
0.0 - 0.6 mmol/L
Critical Values:
N.A.
