Updated Test

Test Details

Mnemonic

TFTLC

Ordering Code

3723600

CPT-4 Codes(s)

84402, 84403

Specimen Information

Specimen Preparation

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Centrifuge, remove serum from cells and send 1.8 mL serum in a screw capped plastic vial.Allow blood to clot at room temperature, centrifuge, remove serum from cells and send 1.8 mL serum in a screw capped plastic vial.

Alternate Specimen

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Plasma: Sodium or lithium heparinPlasma: Sodium or lithium heparin
Serum separator tube (SST)

Rejection Criteria

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Serum separator tube (SST), gross hemolysis, gross lipemiagross hemolysis, gross lipemia