Collect: One 6.0 mL SST (Gold) tube, One 6.0 PST (lithium or sodium heparin) tube, or One 5.0 mL EDTA (Lavender) tube.
2 mL serum or plasma (Min: 1.0 mL).
Storage/Transport Temperature
Refrigerated. If sample transport to the lab is not the same day as collected, centrifuge the sample and aliquot the serum or plasma into a clean tube.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
After separation from cells: Ambient: 24hours; Refrigerated: 7days; Frozen: 1 year (avoid more than 7 freeze/thaw cycles)
Performed
Microbiology/Serology Daily
Remarks
To aliquot: Centrifuge the sample and transfer the serum or plasma into a clean tube.
Collect: One 6.0 mL SST (Gold) tube, One 6.0 PST (lithium or sodium heparin) tube, or One 5.0 mL EDTA (Lavender) tube.
2 mL serum or plasma (Min: 1.0 mL).
Storage/Transport Temperature
Refrigerated. If sample transport to the lab is not the same day as collected, centrifuge the sample and aliquot the serum or plasma into a clean tube.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
After separation from cells: Ambient: 24hours; Refrigerated: 7days; Frozen: 1 year (avoid more than 7 freeze/thaw cycles)
Performed
Microbiology/Serology Daily
Remarks
To aliquot: Centrifuge the sample and transfer the serum or plasma into a clean tube.
