Specimen Requirements

**BOTH WHOLE BLOOD AND SERUM ARE REQUIRED

Whole blood

Specimen must arrive and be tested within 4 hours of collection, or within 24 hours if specimen refrigerated.

Container/Tube: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube(s) with Hemogard^TM lid - Preferred

Specimen Volume: 3 mL (minimum volume: 1 mL) of whole blood-

* Clotted, hemolyzed, or lipemic specimen or specimen with a hematocrit of <10% are not acceptable.

Collection Instructions:

1. Invert tube(s) several times to mix blood. 
2. Do not centrifuge.
3. Forward promptly in original tube(s).

Serum

Serum Gel Tube - Collect 2 tubes

Container/Tube: Serum gel - Collect 2 tube(s)
Specimen Volume: 3 mL (minimum volume: 2 mL) of serum

Collection Instructions:

1. Spin down within 2 hours of draw.
2. Grossly hemolyzed or lipemic specimen is not acceptable.
3. Label specimen appropriately (serum).