1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Patient should fast one hour before collection of baseline breath sample. Test may not be suitable for patients with phenylketonuria whose dietary phenylalanine should be restricted. se of antimicrobials, proton pump inhibitors, or bismuth preparations cause a false negative result.

Special instruction in sample collection & prep.

Collection Instructions Preferred: Broth with glycerol frozen at less than or equal to -70? C (dry ice) Acceptable: Broth with or without glycerol 2-8? C Acceptable: Sterile non-bacteriostatic saline 2-8? C

Biopsy Sample

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Collect 0.5 mL or 0.5 grams of semi-solid stool or 20 mm diameter solid stool and transfer to properly labeled plastic, leak-proof container. Do not place stool in preservative, transport media or swab. Watery, diarrheal stool is not acceptable.

5.0 gm Stool unperserved

Collection Instructions Centrifuge red top tube 15 minutes at approximately 1500g as soon as possible after clotting

2.0 ml serum Frozen

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Dietary supplements containing biotin may interfere in assays and may skew analyte results to be either falsely high or falsely low. For patients receiving the recommended daily doses of biotin, draw samples at least 8 hours following the last biotin supplementation. For patients on mega-doses of biotin supplements, draw samples at least 72 hours following the last biotin supplementation.

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Dietary supplements containing biotin may interfere in assays and may skew analyte results to be either falsely high or falsely low. For patients receiving the recommended daily doses of biotin, draw samples at least 8 hours following the last biotin supplementation. For patients on mega-doses of biotin supplements, draw samples at least 72 hours following the last biotin supplementation.

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Dietary supplements containing biotin may interfere in assays and may skew analyte results to be either falsely high or falsely low. For patients receiving the recommended daily doses of biotin, draw samples at least 8 hours following the last biotin supplementation. For patients on mega-doses of biotin supplements, draw samples at least 72 hours following the last biotin supplementation.

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Collection Instructions Do not freeze whole blood or any samples stored in primary tube. Freshly drawn specimens (whole blood) may be stored at 2-25?C for up to 24 hours prior to centrifugation. Separate plasma or serum from cells within 24 hours of collection by centrifugation. Follow manufacturer's instructions for collection tube handling.

2.0 ml EDTA Plasma Frozen

4.0 ml frozen EDTA Plasma

Do not freeze whole blood or any samples stored in primary tube. Freshly drawn specimens (whole blood) may be stored at 2-25?C for up to 24 hours prior to centrifugation. Separate plasma or serum from cells within 24 hours of collection by centrifugation. Follow manufacturer?s instructions for collection tube handling.

5.0 ml EDTA Plasma 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

3.0 ml serum 2-8 ?C