Ferritin
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Mint Green Top (Lithium Heparin Gel)
Specimen Requirements
Preferred:
Container/Tube: Mint Green Top (Lithium Heparin Gel)
Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL
Collection Instructions: Centrifuge within 2 hours
Also Acceptable:
Container/Tube: Gold Top (SST Gel), Red Top Tube
Specimen Stability
Ambient: 8 hours
Refrigerate: 48 hours
Frozen: aliquot for longer storage
Reference Range
Male:
23.9-336.2 ng/mL
Female:
11.0-306.8 ng/mL
Methodology
Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
CPT
82728