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Additional Codes
SQ: PROCLT
Performing Laboratory
QC Lab RI, MUSC
Reporting Name
Procalcitonin
Method Name
Enzyme Linked Fluorescent Assay (ELFA) Technique
Specimen Required
Preferred: Plasma collected inLithium heparin (green top) Vacutainer tube.
Specimen Stability Information
Ambient: 24 hours
Refrigerated: 48 hours, if removed from the cells
Frozen: 12 months
Storage/Transport Information
1 mL plasma at 2-8C, or frozen.
Separate from cells ASAP
Reference Ranges
MALES/FEMALES
<0.15
Performed
Sunday - Saturday