44120:COMPLEMENT C3, BODY FLUID
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| 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. |