44120:COMPLEMENT C3, BODY FLUID

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44120:COMPLEMENT C3, BODY FLUID
Methodology: Nephelometry (NEPH)
Edit Date: 6/11/2010
Performed: Tuesday-Friday, Sunday
Released: Same day
CPT Code: 86160
Specimen Collection Details
Collection: Fluid in one 5 mL red top tube or other sterile container.
Handling: Label container with source of fluid. Refrigerate. Transport in original container. If specimen cannot be assayed within 24 hours, immediately centrifuge, remove any cellular material, and freeze.
Stability: 24 hours refrigerated, 1 year frozen.
Standard Volume: 2 mL fluid.
Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL fluid.
Transport: Refrigerated, or frozen on dry ice.
Rejection Criteria: Plasma; gross hemolysis or gross lipemia; specimen frozen and thawed more than once; refrigerated specimen received in laboratory more than 24 hours after collection.

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