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Lavender Top EDTA Tube
Specimen Requirements
Preferred:
Container/Tube: Lavender Top EDTA Tube
Minimum Volume: 2 mL EDTA Whole Blood
Collection Instructions:
Also Acceptable:
Container/Tube: Pediatric microtainers are acceptable: minimum volume = 500 uL.
Specimen Stability
Ambient: 24 hours
Refrigerate: 48 hours
Reference Range
150-450 x 103 /µL
Methodology
DXH
CPT
85049