2064 C-Peptide - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

2064 C-Peptide

Specimen:

Collect:

One 7.5 mL SST

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)

Submit:

1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Also Acceptable
1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling:

Allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature
Critical Frozen
Fasting Specimen is Preferred
Separate from cells and freeze within 2-3 hours of collection

Rejection Criteria:

Can not be an add-on test. Must redraw new specimen.

Stability:

Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: 7 Day(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Chemiluminescence

Performed:

Mon-Fri

Reported:

1-3 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

84681

Interpretive Data:

General Reference Range : 0.9-7.1 ng/mL