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Sunquest: IMTYP
REGIONAL HOSPITAL PERFORMING
UnityPoint Health Methodist
Specimen Requirements
Specimen Preparation:
Collect:
Collection Container/Tube:
One - 6 mL Gold, or Plain Red
Specimen Volume: Min Volume 4 mL serum
Additional Information (including Storage Transport from old manual):
Centrigured gold, or 1 mL of serum at 2-8° C (Min: 0.5 mL)
Seperate serum from cells ASAP.
Stability: (storage/transport temperature)
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METHODIST |
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Ambient (room temperature) |
8 hours |
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Refrigerated 2-8° C |
10 days |
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Frozen (-20° C) |
2 months |
Unacceptable Specimen:
Hemolysis, improperly stored samples or plasma samples
ORDERING
Days Performed: Monday - Friday
Duration of Testing:
Methodology
Immunotyping
RESULTING
Reference Interval:
This information should be correlated with the results of serum protein electrophoresis, quantitative immunoglobulins and other clinical information.
CPT
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