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Department
CHEMISTRY
Primary Collection Container
Green PST (Lithium Heparin)
Alternate Collection Container
Green Microtainer PST
Transport
Plasma refrigerated
Preferred Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Processing
Centrifuge and refrigerate.
Separate from cells if testing is delayed more than 8 hours.
Stability
Ambient: 48 hours
Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 1 year
Minimum Testing Volume
0.5 mL
Reference Range
Male: 34-337 ng/mL
Female: 22-306 ng/mL
Methodology
Roche e801 Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay; Sandwich principle
Performed
Sunday – Saturday
Reported
As completed
CPT Codes
82728
Unacceptable Conditions
Gross hemolysis.