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| 43350:CRYOGLOBULINS, QUALITATIVE | |||||||||
| Alias Names: | Cryocrit | ||||||||
| Methodology: | Qualitative | ||||||||
| Edit Date: | 4/30/2009 | ||||||||
| Performed: | Daily | ||||||||
| Released: | 72 hours | ||||||||
| CPT Code: | 82595 | ||||||||
| Specimen Collection Details | |||||||||
| Collection: | NOTE: If unable to process specimen as directed, refer patient to any PeaceHealth Laboratories Patient Service Center. The specimen will be transported STAT to the laboratory. Collect two 5 mL red top tubes. Do not use serum separator tube (SST). |
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| Handling: | Specimen must clot at 37° C for 45 minutes, using a heat pack, water bath, or dry incubator. Keep specimen at 37° C until the centrifugation and separation of serum. Once separated, serum may be stored and transported refrigerated. Do not freeze. If whole bood, keep at 37° C and call for STAT courier. | ||||||||
| Standard Volume: | 2 mL serum. | ||||||||
| Minimum Volume: | 1.5 mL serum. | ||||||||
| Transport: | Serum: refrigerated. Two 5 mL red top tubes: maintain at 37° C and send STAT to lab. | ||||||||
| Comments: | Cryoglobulins are proteins that precipitate when cooled. | ||||||||
| Rejection Criteria: | Specimen not maintained at 37° C until centrifuged; use of serum separator tube (SST); frozen specimen. | ||||||||
| Negative. | |||||||||||||||||||