Specimen Requirements

Preferred Collection Container: 

Light Green (Lithium Heparin Plasma Separator Tube)
SST (Serum Separator)

Also Acceptable Collection Container: 

Green No Gel (Lithium Heparin)
Red (No Additive)
Plasma from Lavender tubes is acceptable but will not route in the Laboratory Information System (Sunquest).

Collection Information: 

Collect blood in a lithium heparin plasma separator tube or serum separator tube.

Transport Information: 

Centrifuge and aliquot 1.0 mL of plasma or serum into a plastic vial. Send refrigerated.

Minimum Sample Volume: 

0.3 mL of serum/plasma (approximately 0.6 mL of whole blood based upon a normal patient hematocrit)

Unacceptable Conditions: 

Hemolysis, lipemia or does not meet collection, storage or transport requirements