If your site does not have dry ice or a -70 freezer on site please contact the laboratory at 266-1500 (Option 1) and request dry ice for before collected
or
send the patient to the Outpatient Service Center at 11141Parkview Plaza Drive,Suite100 Fort Wayne, IN Entrance 3. for collection.
Due to specimen required temperature this test must be drawn at the Parkview OSC Lab
Separate specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered
* This volume does not allow for repeat testing
Mix by inverting tube 8 times
Centrifuge at ambient temperature and separate from cells within one half hour of after collection; however prefered immediately after collection
Transfer the cell-free plasma to a clean tube and immediately after centrifugatoin and freeze on dry ice or at -70° C.
Received Ambient
Received Refrigerated
Received Thawed
Frozen at -20°
Transport on dry ice
Human Male: 0-2830 ng/mL
Human Female: 0-2830 ng/mL
This test uses a kit/reagent designated by the manufacturer as "for research use, not for clinical use". The performance characteristics of this test have been validated by National Jewish Clinical Reference Laboratories. It has not been cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The results are not intended to be used as the sole means for clinical diagnosis or patient management decisions. This laboratory is certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA-88) as qualified to perform high complexity clinical laboratory testing.
21 to 22 days (1st and 3rd Thur of the month)
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