Collection Instructions

Fasting Required - 8 hours

• Patient should also refrain from eating liver and taking multivitamins or vitamin K at least 24 hours before sample collection

Specimen Collection: Blood

Container(s): 3.0 mL Lavender Top EDTA or 6.0 mL Pink Top EDTA

Preferred Volume to Collect: 3.0 mL

Minimum Volume to Collect: 3.0 mL

Neonate Volume to Collect: 3.0 mL

Capillary collect ok: No

Microtainer acceptable: No

Collection Instructions:

• Protect from light after collecting
  • Wrap in paper towel or tinfoil
• Keep specimen on wet ice until processed.
• Specimen should be processed immediately (within 1 hour) – See Processing Instructions.

PROCESSING INSTRUCTIONS (LAB OR OUTPATIENT/OFF-SITE COLLECTION)

• Processed Specimen: Plasma preferred, frozen serum accepted
  • Volume: 1 mL plasma or serum
  • Minimum volume: 0.5 mL plasma or serum
  • Centrifuge/Spin: Yes - within 1 hour of collection
  • Aliquot: Yes
  • Processing Instructions:
    • Immediately separate plasma or serum from the cells into an amber transport tube or foil wrap to protect from light.
    • Freeze.
    • Do not thaw. .

• Transport: 1.0 mL plasma in amber transport tube, frozen (-20°C/-4°F or below) (Minimum: 0.5mL)