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Specimen & handling
Specimen
Serum
Container
Serum Separator Tube (SST) – 0.5 ml.
Required volume
Serum Separator Tube (SST) – 0.5 ml.
Collection instructions
Serum Separator Tube (SST) – 0.5 ml.
Processing
All human Serum Samples are considered to be potentially infective and are to be treated as such. Follow all precaution for handling biological material. Use all appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Serum free from hemolysis is the recommended specimens. Allow blood samples to clot (15 mins). Separate the serum from the cells by centrifuging for 10 minutes. Store serum at 2-8°C until analysis.
Storage
Refrigerated
Stability
After separation of cells: Room Temperature/Refrigerated: 7 days; Frozen: -20 °C or colder 30 days. Thaw samples only once. At ACCU: Refrigerated/Frozen: 7 days; Frozen: 1 week
Rejection criteria
1. Any sample that is mislabeled will be rejected 2. Any sample without a test request will be rejected 3. Any broken or damaged tubes will be rejected.
Technical information & codes+
Methodology
Quantitative Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
CPT code
82607
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