Collect
Green lithium heparin
Specimen Preparation
Centrifuge and separate plasma from cells and send 1.0 mL plasma in a screw capped plastic vial.
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Rejection Criteria
Hemolysis, Grossly lipemic, Grossly icteric, Serum
Stability
Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 1 year