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Specimen & handling
Specimen
Serum
Container
0.5 ml serum SST tube.
Required volume
0.5 ml serum SST tube.
Preparation
None required.
Collection instructions
0.5 ml serum SST tube.
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). Allow blood samples to clot (15 mins). Separate the serum from the cells by centrifuging for 10 minutes. Serum free from hemolysis is the recommended specimens.
Storage
Refrigerated.
Stability
PTH Intact is stable at room temperature (15 to 25°C) for no longer than 4 hours. Refrigerate at 2 to 8°C for : 2 days. Frozen at -20°C or colder: 6 months. At ACCU: Frozen: 1 week.
Technical information & codes+
Methodology
Quantitative Electrochemiluminescent Immunoassay
CPT code
83970
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