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Specimen & handling
Specimen
Serum
Container
Serum Separator Tube (SST) – 0.5 ml serum
Required volume
Serum Separator Tube (SST) – 0.5 ml serum
Preparation
Non-fasting accepted.
Collection instructions
Serum Separator Tube (SST) – 0.5 ml serum
Processing
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
Room temperature 15°C to 30°C: 1 week ; Refrigerated 2°C to 8°C: 1 week; Frozen -20° C or colder: 1 month. Do not thaw samples more than once. At ACCU: Refrigerated: 7 days; Frozen: 2 weeks.
Rejection criteria
• Specimens collected in the incorrect tubes. • Specimens received with mismatched or no patient identifiers. • Specimen received outside of stability requirements. • Grossly Hemolyzed or Lipemic samples.
Technical information & codes+
Methodology
Quantitative Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
CPT code
84146
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