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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 within 2 hours.
Stability
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 1 year
Minimum Testing Volume
0.5 mL
Reference Range
13-60 U/L Note new Reference ranges!!
Methodology
Roche c503 Enzymatic Colorimetric assay.
Performed
Sunday – Saturday
Reported
As completed
CPT Codes
83690
Additional Information
If green tubes are used, plasma must be separated from cells and refrigerated.