Separate serum by centrifugation. Avoid hemolysis. Remove serum and place in plastic tube. Freeze immediately after separation. Patient should be in a well-fed state

2.0 ml serum Frozen

Collection Instructions Separate from cells as soon as possible after clotting. Send serum in an amber tube. If an amber tube is not available, wrap tube in aluminum foil to protect from light.

2.0 ml (light protected) 2-8 ?Cserum

Patient preparation: Overnight fasting is preferred. Patients should be relaxed in a supine position before blood is drawn. Draw specimen in 2 pre-chilled tubes. Plasma should be separated within 30 minutes of collection. Carefully pipette plasma into a plastic transport tube and freeze immediately.

5.0 ml heparin plasma Frozen

Patient Preparation It is preferable for the patient to be off medications for three days prior to collection. However, common antihypertensives (diuretics, ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, alpha and beta blockers) cause minimal or no interference. Patient should avoid alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco (including use of nicotine patch), bananas, citrus fruits and strenuous exercise prior to collection. Collection Instructions Collect 24-hour urine with 25 mL of 6N HCl to maintain a pH ?3. If no preservative is used, specimen must be stored refrigerated during collection but shipped frozen and pH must be ?6. Record 24-hour urine volume and patient's age on test request form and on urine container.

20 ml acidified 24hrs urine collected 2-8 ?C with 25 ml of 6N HCl to maintain a pH <3. Urine volume is required

Special tube provided by the kits

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Cervical swab, Urethral swab,

Collection Instructions Draw sample without anticoagulant, allow to clot, separate serum into a plastic tube and freeze sample within one hour of time drawn. With mutiple tests, submit a separate tube for each test. Do not submit the sample in a glass tube.

1.0 ml serum frozen

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Collection Instructions Prior to specimen collection, remove and discard mucous and exudates/pus to prevent interference with assay performance Reject Criteria Raw (Unpreserved) specimens ? Wooden shaft swabs ?Calcium alginate swabs ? Dry swabs ? Swabs in bacterial gel-based transport media ? Tissues in fixatives ? Slides

Urethral swab or first voided morning urine

Nasopharynx: Gently insert swab into the posterior nasopharynx via the nose. Rotate swab slowly for 5 seconds to absorb secretions. Place swab in transport tube.

Nasopharyngeal Swab

Urine: Patient should not have urinated for at least one hour prior to specimen collection. Female patients should not cleanse the labial area prior to providing the specimen.

10 ml urine 2-8 c

10 ml urine 2-8 c

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

10.0 ml 24hrs urine 2-8 ?C no preservative

Promptly centrifuge and separate serum or plasma into a plastic screw-cap vial

3.0 ml serum 2-8 ?C

Patient Preparation If a cholesterol measurement is to be performed along with triglycerides, but not part of a lipid panel, then the patient should be fasting 9-12 hours prior to collection. If the cholesterol is ordered as part of a lipid panel, then a fasting sample is not required.

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Patient Preparation If a cholesterol measurement is to be performed along with triglycerides, the patient should be fasting 9-12 hours prior to collection.

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Collection Instructions Centrifuge and transfer serum specimens to clean, transport tube(s). Plasma is not acceptable.

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Patient should refrain from taking mineral supplements and multivitamins three days before specimen collection.

2.0 ml EDTA blood - 2-8 ?C

10.0 ml Urine sample ,2-8 ?C

Collection Instructions Collect blood in a standard red-top serum vacutainer tube. Allow blood to clot at room temperature. Centrifuge and separate the serum from the cells immediately. Do not store refrigerated.

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C ( no gel separator)

2.0x4.0 ml Heparine blood (strile)