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Last Updated: April 16, 2024 @ 9:13 am
2074	Ferritin
Specimen:	Collect:	One SST Also Acceptable: One Green Top (Li Heparin) One Green Top (Na Heparin) One Lavender (EDTA) One Pink Top (EDTA) One Red Top
	Submit:	1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum . Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube. Also Acceptable: 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma . Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
	Special Handling:	Allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature For patients receiving therapy with high biotin doses (>5 mg/day), no laboratory test specimen should be collected until at least 8 hours after the last biotin administration. Separate from cells ASAP
	Stability:	Ambient: 2 Hour(s); Refrigerated: 7 Day(s); Frozen: 12 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology:	Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay (ECLIA)
Performed:	Mon-Fri
Reported:	1-3 Day(s)
CPT Codes:	82728
Interpretive Data:	Male Reference Ranges 0 - 150 year(s) : 30-400 ng/ml Female Reference Ranges 0 - 150 year(s) : 13-150 ng/ml Biotin in specimens taken from patients on high-dose biotin therapy or supplements may intefere with this test and cause inaccurate test results. It is recommended that for patients receiving therapy with high biotin doses (> 5 mg/day), no laboratory test specimen should be collected until at least 8 hours after the last biotin administration.
Components:	2074 - FERRITIN

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