1-4 days after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab.
CPT Code:
82380-90
Specimen Collection Details
Collection:
One 7.5 mL serum separator tube (SST). NOTE: Fasting specimen is preferred. CRITICAL: Protect from light during collection, storage, and transport.
Handling:
Protect from light by wrapping tube in foil. Avoid hemolysis. Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum from cells and pour into a plastic vial. Refrigerate or put on ice immediately. Freeze within 4 hours of collection. If multiple tests are ordered, send separate specimen for this test.
Stability:
After separation specimen stable 4 hours refrigerated or 1 month frozen. Specimen unstable ambient.
Standard Volume:
3 mL serum.
Minimum Volume:
2 mL serum.
Transport:
Frozen on dry ice.
Comments:
Critical frozen. Protect from light.
Rejection Criteria:
Ambient, refrigerated, icteric or hemolyzed specimen; specimen unprotected from light.