Shipping / Handling Instructions |
Collect:Serum separator tube. Specimen Preparation:Separate
serum from cells ASAP or within 2 hours
of collection. Transfer 1 mL serum to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube. (Min: 0.15 mL) Parallel
testing is preferred and convalescent specimens must be received
within 30 days from receipt of the acute specimens. Mark specimens
plainly as “acute or convalescent.” Storage/Transport
Temperature:Refrigerated. Unacceptable Conditions:Contaminated,
heat-inactivated, hemolyzed, or severely lipemic specimens.
Remarks: Stability:After separation from cells: Ambient: 48 hours;
Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 1 year (avoid repeated freeze/thaw
cycles) |