At EH, MH OS, SJ: One 3.0 mL Light Green-Lithium Heparin, Blood
At JC: One Dark Green (Li)
Specimen Preparation
Specimens must be centrifuged at 3000G for 5-6 minutes as soon as possible after collection.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Specimens must be centrifuged at 3000G for 5-6 minutes as soon as possible after collection. Samples are stable at room temperature for up to 8 hours. Specimens may be refrigerated at 2-8 C for up to 48 hours. Samples that must be stored longer than 48 hours must be poured off into an aliquot tube and frozen at -20 C.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
See Storage/Transport
Performed
Performed at EH Core, MH Core, JC Core, SJ Core, OS Lab 24/7
Performed
Performed at EH Core, MH Core, JC Core, SJ Core, OS Lab 24/7
Methodology
Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
Reported
4 Hrs
Section
Performed at EH Core, MH Core, JC Core, SJ Core, OS Lab
HS Troponin went live 9/22/2021
Medicare Regulated Tests
No
Reference Interval
Male <20 ng/L
EML Labs Female <15 ng/L
OS Lab Female <12 ng/L
Critical >=500 ng/L
Interpretive Data
High-sensitivity Troponin-I (HS Troponin-I) results should be interpreted in light of the total clinical presentation of the patient, including: symptoms, clinical history, ECG findings, data from additional tests, and other appropriate information. An elevated HS Troponin-I level alone is not sufficient to diagnose myocardial Infarction. Other conditions resulting in myocardial injury can cause elevated troponin levels. Serial sampling is recommended to detect the temporal rise and/or fall of troponin levels characteristic of myocardial Infarction.
Troponin results differ between methods due to selection of testing instrumentation. Do not use results between different Emory laboratories interchangeably.
At EH, MH OS, SJ: One 3.0 mL Light Green-Lithium Heparin, Blood
At JC: One Dark Green (Li)
Specimen Preparation
Specimens must be centrifuged at 3000G for 5-6 minutes as soon as possible after collection.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Specimens must be centrifuged at 3000G for 5-6 minutes as soon as possible after collection. Samples are stable at room temperature for up to 8 hours. Specimens may be refrigerated at 2-8 C for up to 48 hours. Samples that must be stored longer than 48 hours must be poured off into an aliquot tube and frozen at -20 C.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
See Storage/Transport
Performed
Performed at EH Core, MH Core, JC Core, SJ Core, OS Lab 24/7
Ordering
Performed
Performed at EH Core, MH Core, JC Core, SJ Core, OS Lab 24/7
Methodology
Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
Reported
4 Hrs
Section
Performed at EH Core, MH Core, JC Core, SJ Core, OS Lab
HS Troponin went live 9/22/2021
Medicare Regulated Tests
No
Result Interpretation
Reference Interval
Male <20 ng/L
EML Labs Female <15 ng/L
OS Lab Female <12 ng/L
Critical >=500 ng/L
Interpretive Data
High-sensitivity Troponin-I (HS Troponin-I) results should be interpreted in light of the total clinical presentation of the patient, including: symptoms, clinical history, ECG findings, data from additional tests, and other appropriate information. An elevated HS Troponin-I level alone is not sufficient to diagnose myocardial Infarction. Other conditions resulting in myocardial injury can cause elevated troponin levels. Serial sampling is recommended to detect the temporal rise and/or fall of troponin levels characteristic of myocardial Infarction.
Troponin results differ between methods due to selection of testing instrumentation. Do not use results between different Emory laboratories interchangeably.
