| Patient Preparations: |
Routine blood draw. |
| Specimen Requirements: |
3 ml of serum (1 ml minimum) or 7-10 ml vacutainer, no additives. |
| Specimen Handling & Transport: |
Specimens must be stored and transported to the lab at 2-8C (refrigerated with cool packs). Freeze serum if testing will not be performed within 7 days of collection. |
| Collection Kit/Container: |
Serology Specimens
Sterile Transfer Tube
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| Collection Instructions: |
Routine blood draw. |
| Unacceptable Conditions: |
Specimens that have been heat-inactivated, pooled, grossly hemolyzed, lipemic, or have obvious microbial contamination. Specimens stored for more than 7 days not frozen at -20 degrees C. Plasma is not an acceptable specimen. |
| 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. |