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| Sodium Citrate |
Specimen Requirements
Preferred:
Container/Tube: Blue Top (Citrate Tube)
Minimum Volume: Tube must be filled to fill line, no exceptions
Collection Instructions: Spin immediately.
Also Acceptable:
Container/Tube: 2 mL and 3 mL pediatric tubes may also be drawn
Specimen Stability
Ambient: 4 hours
Frozen: aliquot plasma for longer storage
Reference Range
0-500 ng/mL FEU
Methodology
Turbidimetric immunoassay
CPT
85379