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EPIC ORDER CODE LAB2532 Histone Antibody, IgG

Important Note

Send specimens to Path Lab for referral to ARUP

Additional Codes

SQ : HISTON

COLLECTION

Container/Tube Type: 

SST (Serum Separator)

 

Collection Information: 

Collect blood in a serum separator tube.

 

Transport Information: 

Separate serum from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. Transfer 0.5 mL serum to a plastic vial.

 

Minimum Sample Volume: 

0.30 mL of serum (approximately 0.6 mL of whole blood based upon a normal patient's hematocrit)

 

Unacceptable Conditions: 

Plasma or urine. Contaminated specimens. Grossly hemolyzed, icteric, or lipemic specimens. 

STABILITY

Refrigerated Stability: 

14 days - Preferred

 

Frozen Stability: 

365 day (avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles)

 

Ambient Stability: 

48 hours

PERFORMING LAB

Performed: 

Mon, Wed-Sat

 

Analytical Time: 

1 - 3 days

 

Testing Laboratory: 

ARUP Laboratories; Salt Lake City, UT

 

Laboratory Section: 

Referral Testing

CPT Code

83516