Specimen Requirements

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

Preferred

Plasma

Draw blood in a green-top (lithium heparin) tube. For pediatric specimen, draw blood in a green-top (lithium heparin) MICROTAINER®. Spin down and send plasma refrigerated. Label the specimen with the patient’s name (first and last), date of birth, date and time of collection, the phlebotomist’s initials and as plasma.

Alternate

Serum

Draw blood in a gold-top (serum separator) gel tube. Label the specimen with the patient’s name (first and last), date of birth, date and time of collection, phlebotomist’s initials and as serum. Spin down and send serum refrigerated. 

Specimen stability:

5 days when refrigerated at 2-8°C

Minimum volume:

1 mL