Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA) w/ reflex titer and pattern; Anti Streptolysin-O (ASO); Calcium (Ca); Chem 6 [Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN); Creatinine; Electrolytes [Carbon Dioxide (CO2); Chloride (CL); Potassium (K); Sodium (Na)]; Complete Blood Count [Automated Differential; Hematocrit (Hct); Hemoglobin (Hgb); Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH); Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC); Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV); Platelet (PLT); Red Blood Cell Count (RBC); Red Cell Distribution Width Standard Deviation (RDWSD); Red Cell Distribution Width Coefficient Variation (RDWCV); White Blood Cell Count (WBC)]; C-Reactive Protein (CRP); Creatine Kinase (CK); Epstein-Barr Virus Basic Panel [Epstein-Barr Virus Antibody IgG; Epstein-Barr Virus Antibody IgM]; Estrogen, Total; Glucose Random; HLA-B27 Antigen; Insulin - Like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1 / Somatomedin C); Magnesium (Mg); Parathyroid Hormones Intact (PTH Intact); Progesterone; Protein Electrophoresis; Rheumatoid Factor (RF); Sedimentation Rate (ESR); Testosterone, Total; Thyroid Profile with TSH [Free Thyroxine Index (FTI); T3 Uptake; Thyroid Stimulated Hormone (TSH); Thyroxine Total (T4)]; Uric Acid
Order and all specimens must include the patient's age.
Patient should discontinue taking Biotin, Vitamin B7, or Vitamin H 48 hours before getting blood drawn.
Do not collect on Friday's, Saturday's Sunday's, the day before or of a holiday. The HLA-B27 must be sent to the laboratory the same day as collected, and all specimens should be collected together.
Avoid Hemolysis
Centrifuge and separate from cells within 1 hour of collection
Avoid Hemolysis
Centrifuge and separate from cells within 1 hour of collection
Centrifuge and separate from cells immediately
Must be tested within 4 hours of collection
Mix tube by inversion 5 times; Do not centrifuge; Specimens must not be clotted and cannot contain microclots. Overfilling or underfilling may allow blood to clot.
Do not centrifuge
Specimens must not be clotted and cannot contain microclots. Overfilling or underfilling may allow blood to clot.
Do not Freeze
Must be tested within 4 hours of collection
Must be tested within 4 hours of collection, if testing delayed longer than this Refrigerate
Specimen Hemolized
Green Top Tube - Li Heparin
Specimen Clotted
Received frozen
Transport
Refer to Individual Tests
It has been noticed that allopurinol may falsely elevate TSH level. Cotesting with Free T4 and correlation with clinical symptoms are recommended in evaluation of thyroid function in this subset of patients.
Patients taking vitamin supplements containing high doses of biotin (> 5 mg/day) may have falsely increased or decreased test results generated.
80051, 82310, 82550, 82565, 82672, 82947, 83735, 83970, 84144, 84165, 84305, 84403, 84436 x 2, 84479, 84520, 84550, 85025, 85652, 86038, 86063, 86140, 86430, 86665 x 2, 86812 (Reflex 85007, 85008, 86039, 86060, 86431)