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Lavender Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Requirements
Preferred:
Container/Tube: Lavender Tube (EDTA)
Minimum Volume: 1 mL EDTA Plasma or Whole Blood
Collection Instructions:
Specimen Stability
Ambient: 7 hours
Refrigerate: 24 hours
Frozen: aliquot for longer storage
Reference Range
BVH and BFT Lab:
0-100 pg/mL
Methodology
Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
CPT
83880
Test Alias
BNP
Additonal Information
Pro-BNP – NT-Pro B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) is recommended instead of BNP for monitoring patients on the drug Entresto.