Collect
Serum separator tube (SST)
Specimen Preparation
Centrifuge, separate serum from cells and send 1.0 mL serum in a screw capped plastic vial.
Alternate Specimen
Plasma separator tube, green lithium heparin
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Rejection Criteria
Contaminated, lipemic, severely hemolyzed, or icteric specimens
Stability
Room temperature: 5 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 30 days (avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles)