4.0 mL Whole Blood in a Green Top Tube Li Heparin
Minimum 0.5 mL whole blood in a 3.0 mL Syringe with Heparin or Minimum of 0.2 mL whole blood in a Tuberculin Syringe with Heparin
10 minutes Ambient
2 hours Iced
Due to smearing of print while on ice, please label specimen following procedure and a second label in the pocket of transport bag with requisition
Do not open specimen
Place on ice immediately after collection for up to 2 hours
1.0 mL
23 - 30 mEq/L
If Bicarbonate ordered and whole blood not received a CO2 will be reported.
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