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Department
CHEMISTRY
Collection Requirements
Patient should be fasting for 8 hours at time of collection.
Primary Collection Container
Gold (SST)
Alternate Collection Container
Yellow Microtainer SST
Transport
Serum refrigerated
Preferred Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Processing
Allow to clot for 30 minutes.
Stability
Refrigerated: 2 days
Frozen: 3 months
Minimum Testing Volume
1.0 mL
Reference Range
2.9-30.0 µIU/mL
Methodology
Roche e801 Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay; Sandwich principle
Performed
Sunday – Saturday
Reported
2-3 days
CPT Codes
83525