91288 Interleukin 6 - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

91288 Interleukin 6

Specimen:

Collect:

One 10 mL Red Top

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)
One 7.5 mL SST

Submit:

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

Also Acceptable
1 mL (Min:0.3 mL) Plasma. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling:

Avoid Repeated Freeze/Thaw Cycles
Critical Frozen
Separate from cells ASAP
Stability: Ambient 30 minutes after collection

Rejection Criteria:

Bacterially Contaminated Samples

Stability:

Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: 12 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Quantitative Multi-Analyte Fluorescent Detection

Performed:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Reported:

3-5 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

82397

Interpretive Data:

General Reference Range : 0-5.0 pg/mL