| Methodology: |
Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography
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| Performed: |
Sun, Tue-Sat
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| Reported: |
2-6 days
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| Specimen Required: |
Patient Prep: Patient should fast overnight for 12 hours and should not consume alcohol for 24 hours prior to blood draw.
Collect: Plain red or serum separator tube. Also acceptable: Lavender (EDTA) or pink (K2EDTA).
Specimen Preparation: Protect from light within one hour of collection and during storage and shipment. Transfer 2 mL serum or plasma to an ARUP Amber Transport Tube. (Min: 1.2 mL)
Storage/Transport Temperature: Frozen. Separate specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered.
Unacceptable Conditions: Any specimen other than serum or EDTA plasma. Hemolyzed specimens.
Stability (collection to initiation of testing): After separation from cells: Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 1 month; Frozen: 6 months
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