Test Details
Mnemonic
MPLQL
Ordering Code
3700139
CPT-4 Code(s)
81339
Specimen Information
Collect
Lavender EDTA
Specimen Preparation
Send 5.0 mL whole blood refrigerated in a screw capped plastic vial or in original collection tube.
Alternate Specimen
Bone marrow: Lavender EDTA, 3.0 mL (1.0 mL minimum)
Cell pellets: Send fixed cell pellet collected in a plastic, screw capped leak-proof vial.
Extracted DNA: from a CLIA - certified laboratory collected in a sterile screw capped leak-proof vial.
Cell pellets: Send fixed cell pellet collected in a plastic, screw capped leak-proof vial.
Extracted DNA: from a CLIA - certified laboratory collected in a sterile screw capped leak-proof vial.
Minimum Volume
3.0 mL
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Stability
Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: Unacceptable
Extracted DNA:
Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 1 year
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: Unacceptable
Extracted DNA:
Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 1 year
Methodology
Polymerase Chain Reaction-based DNA Sequencing
Reference Range
See report
Performing Laboratory
Quest SJC
New York DOH Approval Status
Yes