CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN, BLOOD
Specimen Required
Alternate Specimen
Rejection Criteria
Methodology
Stability
Reference Range
Performed
| Draw blood in a lavender EDTA. Do NOT open tube. Send specimen refrigerated. Minimum volume: 0.5 mL |
Alternate Specimen
| Whole blood: Heparin |
Rejection Criteria
| Fluoride oxalate (grey top tube), clotted specimen, tube that has been opened. |
Methodology
| Spectrophotometry |
Stability
| Room temperature: 5 days; Refrigerated: 10 days; Frozen: Unacceptable |
Reference Range
| See report |
Performed
| Sunday - Saturday |
| 3 - 5 days | |||||
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