7 days after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab
CPT Code:
85410-90
Specimen Collection Details
Collection:
Two 4.5 mL light blue tubes (sodium citrate).
Handling:
Immediately after collection centrifuge and separate platelet-poor plasma into a plastic vial. Freeze.
Standard Volume:
2.5 mL plasma
Minimum Volume:
1 mL plasma
Transport:
Frozen on dry ice.
Comments:
The most important inhibitor to plasmin, alpha2-antiplasmin prevents plasmin action on fibrin during fibrinolysis. Decreased levels may lead to easy bruising, epistaxis, hematuria, menorrhagia, hemarthrosis, and bleeding after trauma or surgery.
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