| Patient Preparations: |
Routine blood draw |
| Specimen Requirements: |
Minimum of 2 ml of serum separated within 24 hours of collection |
| Specimen Handling & Transport: |
Store specimens at 2-8C and transport to the lab with frozen cool packs. Freeze specimen if testing will not be performed within 5 days of collection and ship on dry ice. Frozen specimen can be test up to 6 weeks after collection. |
| Collection Kit/Container: |
HCV PCR Specimens
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| Collection Instructions: |
Routine venipuncture. Note: Within 6 hours of draw, blood collection tubes MUST be centrifuged per the manufacturer's recommendation. If manufacturer's recommendations are unavailable use 2500 X rpm for 10 minutes at room temperature. After centrifugation, transfer serum to a sterile polypropylene tube. |
| Unacceptable Conditions: |
Uncentrifuged specimens or specimens that have not been handled as described above will be rejected. |
| Requisition Form: |
CDD Requisition Form B
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| Required Information: |
Laboratory regulations require the following minimum information to be provided on the requisition form for a specimen to be accepted for testing: Patient name or unique identifier; date and time of collection, patient date of birth and sex, specimen type/site of collection, test request(s), clinician name and UPIN, and address for reporting results. Please be certain that name/identifier on the form matches that on the specimen label. |