Specimen Requirements

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

Preferred:

Serum

Draw blood in a gold-top serum gel tube(s) from a fasting patient. (Lavender-top [EDTA] tube or hemolyzed specimen is not acceptable.) Spin down and send 1 mL of serum refrigerated.
Note:

1. If multiple specimens are drawn, indicate time of draw and sequence of specimen (eg, 1 hour) on request form and specimen.

2. A speckled-top serum gel tube (s) or a plain, red-top tube(s) is also acceptable.

3. Indicate serum on request form.

4. Label specimen appropriately (serum).

Alternate:

Plasma

Draw blood in a mint green-top (heparin) gel tube(s) from a fasting patient. (Lavender-top [EDTA] tube or hemolyzed specimen is not acceptable.) Spin down and send 1 mL of heparinized plasma refrigerated.

Note:

1. If multiple specimens are drawn, indicate time of draw and sequence of specimen (eg, 1 hour) on request form and specimen.

2. Indicate plasma on request form.

3. Label specimen appropriately (plasma).

Specimen Stability Information