AUTOIMMUNE PROFILE

COLLECTION DEVICE/TUBE TYPE: 1 SST

INSTRUCTIONS ON COLLECTION: 1 SERUM (SST) / TIGER-TOP TUBE (CENTRIFUGE AFTER COLLECTION) REFRIGERATED

MINIMUM VOLUME: 2 ML SERUM REFRIGERATED…

HIGH SENSITIVITY C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (hsCRP), QUANT

SPECIMEN: 1 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: SERUM (SST) / TIGER-TOP TUBE / TIGER TOP

MINIMUM VOLUME: 1 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE…

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS FACTOR

SPECIMEN: 1 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: SERUM (SST) / TIGER-TOP TUBE / TIGER TOP

MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 ML

TRANSPORT: ROOM TEMPERATURE…

METABOLIC PANEL (8), BASIC (BMP)

SPECIMEN: 1 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: SERUM (SST) / TIGER-TOP TUBE / TIGER TOP

MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE; PATIENT SHOULD FAST 12 HOURS PRECEDING COLLECTION.

LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT EVALUATION WITH REFLEX

SPECIMEN: 3 ML FROZEN PLATELET POOR PLASMA

TUBE TYPE: 3.2% SODIUM CITRATE (LIGHT BLUE-TOP) TUBE

MINIMUM VOLUME: 2 ML

TRANSPORT: FROZEN; PLATELET-POOR PLASMA: CENTRIFUGE LIGHT BLUE-TOP TUBE FOR 15 MINUTES AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 G WITHIN 60 MINUTES OF COLLECTION. …

IMMUNOGLOBULINS IGA, IGG, IGM

SPECIMEN: 2 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: SERUM (SST) / TIGER-TOP TUBE / TIGER TOP

MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 ML

TRANSPORT: ROOM TEMPERATURE…

IMMUNOGLOBULINS IGM

SPECIMEN: 2 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: SERUM (SST) / TIGER-TOP TUBE / TIGER TOP

MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 ML

TRANSPORT: ROOM TEMPERATURE…

IMMUNOGLOBULINS IGG

SPECIMEN: 2 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: SERUM (SST) / TIGER-TOP TUBE / TIGER TOP

MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 ML

TRANSPORT: ROOM TEMPERATURE…

IMMUNOGLOBULINS IGE

SPECIMEN: 1 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: SERUM (SST) / TIGER-TOP TUBE / TIGER TOP

MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 ML

TRANSPORT: ROOM TEMPERATURE…

IMMUNOGLOBULINS IGA

SPECIMEN: 2 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: SERUM (SST) / TIGER-TOP TUBE / TIGER TOP

MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 ML

TRANSPORT: ROOM TEMPERATURE…