Web: | mayocliniclabs.com |
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Email: | mcl@mayo.edu |
Telephone: | 800-533-1710 |
International: | +1 855-379-3115 |
Values are valid only on day of printing. |
Collection Container/Tube:
Preferred: Serum gel
Acceptable: Red top
Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
Collection Instructions:
1. Serum gel tubes should be centrifuged within 2 hours of collection and the serum aliquoted into a plastic vial prior to sending (aliquot does not need to be within 2 hours).
2. Red-top tubes should be centrifuged and the serum aliquoted into a plastic vial within 2 hours of collection.
If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send 1 of the following forms with the specimen:
-General Request (T239)
-Oncology Test Request (T729)
Gross hemolysis | Reject |
Gross lipemia | OK |
Specimen Type | Temperature | Time | Special Container |
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Serum | Frozen (preferred) | 90 days | |
Refrigerated | 7 days | ||
Ambient | 4 days |