Collection Instructions Clinical history and reason for referral are required with test order

2.0x4.0 ml Heparine blood (strile)

nvert tubes 5 to 10 times immediately after filling. Clinical history and reason for referral are required with test order.

2.0x4.0 ml Heparine blood (strile)

Freeze serum within one hour of time drawn. With multiple tests, submit a separate tube for each test. Do not thaw.

2.0 ml serum Frozen

Collection Instructions Do not include first morning specimen; collect all subsequent voidings. The last sample collected should be the first morning specimen voided the following morning at the same time as the previous morning's first voiding. Specify 24-hour total volume on container and test requisition.

10.0 ml of 24hrs urine ?2-8 ?C

Reject Criteria Stool ? Other sterile body fluids ? Received room temperature ? Received beyond stability ? Received in inappropriate container

Frozen Stool Sample

Collection Instructions Transfer liquid or soft stool (but not urine) into the container. Avoid mixing toilet paper, or soap with the sample. Store sample refrigerated until shipment.

5.0 gm Stool unperserved

DONE ONLY IN HOUSE

Whole blood in glass tube

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Remove the swab from the packaging and swab any visible lesions. Withdraw the swab without touching the skin. Immediately place the swab into the transport tube so that the tip of the swab is visible below the tube label. Carefully break the swab shaft at the score line against the side of the tube and discard the top portion of the swab shaft. Tightly screw the cap onto the tube.

10 ml urine 2-8 c

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Avoid worksite collection. To avoid contamination, use powderless gloves. Do not aliquot specimens.

2.0 ml EDTA blood 2-8 ?C

Patient Preparation Fasting is not required. Patients should not take Coenzyme Q10 supplements the morning of the test. They may take other nutritional supplements prior to testing. Collection Instructions It is preferred that the specimen is shipped the day it is drawn. Please wrap the specimen in foil or transfer specimens to amber tubes if they are not to be shipped the same day. Specimens must be protected from direct light. 1. Gently invert 5x (DO NOT SHAKE!). 2. Let blood clot for 30 minutes at room temperature. 3. Centrifuge for 10 minutes. 4. Store and transport refrigerated.

2 -3.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Collection Instructions Collect 4 mL whole blood in a red-top tube (no gel). Clot at 37? C. Centrifuge at room temperature and immediately separate serum.

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Swab

1 Liter water in sterile container

This test requires 10 mL of plasma (minimum volume 5 mL). Specimens with less than 5 mL of plasma will be rejected. To obtain this volume of plasma, collect blood in two (2) 10 mL EDTA (lavender-top) tubes or five (5) standard EDTA (lavender-top) tubes. Centrifuge the blood samples, separate plasma and combine them. Send plasma in a single 10 mL pour-off tube. If a 10 mL pour-off tube is not available, two (2) 5 mL pour-off tubes can be used.

10 ml EDTA plasma Frozen

Maintain specimen at room temperature. Do not refrigerate. If multiple draw, collect EDTA (lavender-top) tube last. Traumatic draw can introduce thromboplastin and trap WBC and platelets. Refrigeration can precipitate fibrin and trap WBC and platelets.

1.0 ml EDTA Blood 2-8 ?C

Maintain specimen at room temperature. Do not refrigerate. If multiple draw, collect EDTA (lavender-top) tube last. Traumatic draw can introduce thromboplastin and trap WBC and platelets. Refrigeration can precipitate fibrin and trap WBC and platelets

1.0 ml EDTA blood Room Temp

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Semen in sterile container

Fresh Eye Swab

Fresh Eye Swab

Separate serum or plasma from cells within two hours.

2.0 ml Serum in trace metal-free(RBT)plas tube ?2-8 ?C