| Specimen: |
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Collect: |
One 6 mL Red Top
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Submit: |
1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
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Special Handling: |
Allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature |
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Rejection Criteria: |
Grossly Lipemic Samples Use of separator tubes |
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Stability: |
Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 2 Day(s); Frozen: 2 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable |
| Methodology: |
Chemiluminescence |
| Performed: |
Mon-Fri |
| Reported: |
1-3 Day(s) |
| CPT Codes: |
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| Interpretive Data: |
General Reference Range : 1.8-4.2 pg/ml
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