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Department
Send Outs
Reference Lab Test Number
C3
Refer To
Warde Medical LaboratoryPrimary Collection Container
Gold (SST)
Transport
Serum Refrigerated
Preferred Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Processing
Centrifuge, separate serum from cells and send serum in a screw capped plastic vial.
Stability
Ambient: Undetermined
Refrigerated: 8 days
Frozen: 3 months
Reference Range
90 – 180 mg/dL
Methodology
Nephelometry
Performed
2-4 days
Reported
Sunday-Thursday
CPT Codes
86160
Unacceptable Conditions
Grossly lipemic samples.