Specimen Stability (for laboratory use only)
Collection Container
Lavender top (K2-EDTA)
Service Code:
LBC00457
Collection Instructions:
Collect a separate tube of blood for the test (do not share tubes).
1. Draw sufficient blood into lavender top tube.
2. Gently invert the tube 8 - 10 times.
3. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
1. Draw sufficient blood into lavender top tube.
2. Gently invert the tube 8 - 10 times.
3. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
Unacceptable Conditions:
Clotted
Specimen Stability:
Ambient
Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
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:
Colorimetric and turbidimetric immunoinhibition assay
Reference Interval:
Ideal: 4.5 - 6.4%
Optimal: 6.5 - 7.0%
Sub-optimal: 7.1 - 8.0%
Unacceptable: >8.0%
Optimal: 6.5 - 7.0%
Sub-optimal: 7.1 - 8.0%
Unacceptable: >8.0%
Critical Values:
N.A.
