Tube Type:
Green top (lithium heparin) tube and Urine container
Minimum Volume:
500 uL Blood Entire 24 hour Collection. See Special Instructions.
Preferred Volume:
1.5 mL Blood Entire 24 hour Collection. See Special Instructions.
Storage:
Shipping- Send Refrigerated; Storage- Plasma Room Temp and Refrigerated 7 days; Frozen: 3 months; Urine- Room Temp and Refrig. 6 days, Frozen: 6 mos.
Availability:
24 hours/day, 7 days/week
Methodology:
Roche-Enzymatic Colorimetric
Special Instructions:
Collect 1.5 mL Green top (lithium heparin) tube and 24-hour urine in a urine collection container.
Inpatient: Green top must be collected during 24-hour collection period
Outpatient: Green top must be collected no earlier than 24 hours before start of urine collection to no later than 48 hours after completion of urine collection.
Instruct patient on 24-hour urine collection. Refrigerate 24-hour urines during collection. Do not use urine preservatives. Mark each collection container with the following information required for resulting: patient demographic information, patient height (centimeters), patient weight (kilograms), and date and time collection was started and finished. Deliver specimens promptly to the lab.
