3.0 mL platelet poor plasma from a Blue Top Tube - 3.2% Na Citrate in a Plastic Vial
Unacceptable Ambient
Unacceptable Refrigerated
28 days Frozen
Please submit a separate, frozen vial for each special coagulation assay ordered.
Centrifuge light blue-top tube for 15 minutes at approximately 1500 x g within 60 minutes of collection. Using a plastic pipette, remove plasma, taking care to avoid WBS/platelet buffy layer and place into a plastic vial. Centrifuge a second time and transfer platelet-poor plasma into a new plastic vial. Plasma must be free of platelets (< 10,000/uL).
Freeze immediately and ship on dry ice.
Avoid Hemolysis
0.5 mL Platelet Poor Plasma
75% - 150%
1 to 4 days
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