Collect

Acceptable: Serum Separator Tube (SST) or Plasma Separator Tube (PST)
 
Gold - Clot activator/SST gel
OR
Red/Gray - Clot activator/SST gel
OR
Light Green - Lithium Heparin/PST gel  Preferred 

Pediatric Collection

Acceptable: Serum Separator Tube (SST) or Plasma Separator Tube (PST)

Gold - Clot activator/SST gel
OR
Gold - Clot activator/SST gel (amber)
OR
Mint Green - Lithium Heparin/PST gel  Preferred 
OR
Mint Green - Lithium Heparin/PST gel (amber)

Specimen Preparation

  • SST needs to sit for 20 minutes for proper clot formation and to assure the absence of fibrin in the serum which can interfere with this assay.
  • Centrifuge and remove from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection.
  • Specimens must be free of all particulate matter which can interfere with the assay. (Min: 0.3 mL)

Storage/Transport Temperature

Refrigerated

Stability (from collection to initiation)

After separation from cells:
 
Ambient 8 Hours
Refrigerated 72 Hours
Frozen ≤(-10°C) 30 Days 

Cerner Orderable(s)

CK MB

Performed

  1. Morton Plant Hospital
  2. St. Anthony's Hospital

Methodology

Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA)

Reported

Within 24 hours

Synonyms

  • CKMB
  • CPK MB
  • CK MB

Reference Interval

Normal reference interval: 1.0 - 3.6 ng/mL
 

CPT Codes

82553
Collection

Collect

Acceptable: Serum Separator Tube (SST) or Plasma Separator Tube (PST)
 
Gold - Clot activator/SST gel
OR
Red/Gray - Clot activator/SST gel
OR
Light Green - Lithium Heparin/PST gel  Preferred 

Pediatric Collection

Acceptable: Serum Separator Tube (SST) or Plasma Separator Tube (PST)

Gold - Clot activator/SST gel
OR
Gold - Clot activator/SST gel (amber)
OR
Mint Green - Lithium Heparin/PST gel  Preferred 
OR
Mint Green - Lithium Heparin/PST gel (amber)

Specimen Preparation

  • SST needs to sit for 20 minutes for proper clot formation and to assure the absence of fibrin in the serum which can interfere with this assay.
  • Centrifuge and remove from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection.
  • Specimens must be free of all particulate matter which can interfere with the assay. (Min: 0.3 mL)

Storage/Transport Temperature

Refrigerated

Stability (from collection to initiation)

After separation from cells:
 
Ambient 8 Hours
Refrigerated 72 Hours
Frozen ≤(-10°C) 30 Days 
Ordering

Cerner Orderable(s)

CK MB

Performed

  1. Morton Plant Hospital
  2. St. Anthony's Hospital

Methodology

Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA)

Reported

Within 24 hours

Synonyms

  • CKMB
  • CPK MB
  • CK MB
Result Interpretation

Reference Interval

Normal reference interval: 1.0 - 3.6 ng/mL
 
Administrative

CPT Codes

82553

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