Fresh Throat Swab

Please submit a separate, frozen vial for each special coagulation assay ordered. Draw blood in a light blue-top tube containing 3.2% sodium citrate, mix gently by inverting 3-4 times. Centrifuge 15 minutes at 1500 g within one hour of collection. Using a plastic pipette, remove plasma, taking care to avoid the WBC/platelet buffy layer and place into a plastic vial. Centrifuge a second time and transfer platelet-poor plasma into a new plastic vial (s). Freeze immediately and transport on dry ice.

Citrated plasma ,1: 9

atient prep: Dietary supplements containing biotin may interfere in assays and may skew 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

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

2.0 ml Citrated ?plasma (Frozen) poor plateletes

Patient Preparation Draw at peak (2-4 hours after dose) or trough (0.5-1 hour before dose) at steady state

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Patient Preparation Samples should be taken in the morning from patients in a fasting state, since iron values decrease by 30% during the course of the day and there can be significant interference from lipemia.

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

3.0 ml CSF 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

The collection container must be kept refrigerated or on ice during collection. No preservative is required. Instruct patient to void at 8 AM (or 8 PM) and discard the specimen. Then collect all the urine including the final specimen voided at the end of the 24-hour collection period (ie, 8 AM or 8 PM the following day). Refer to separate patient instructions for detailed 24-hour urine collection. Record the collection date/time and total volume on the specimen container and test requisition.

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

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

5.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Avoid hemolysis

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Samples should be taken in the morning from patients in a fasting state, since iron values decrease by 30% during the course of the day and there can be significant interference from lipemia.

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

10 ml urine 2-8 c