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EPIC ORDER CODE LAB4946 HLA B27

Important Note

Transport original tube at room temperature.

A separate EDTA tube must be submitted for testing.  If submitted with any other test requiring an EDTA tube, please submit a separate tube for this test.  This will be rejected if it is a shared tube.

DO NOT OPEN TUBE

Avoid collecting on Fridays or the day before a holiday for stability reasons. 

Additional Codes

SQ: B27HLA

SPECIMEN

Lavendar-EDTA tube preferred

Acceptable: yellow (ACD) or Pink top

STABILITY

Ambient: 4 days preferred

Refrigerated: 4 days

Frozen: Unacceptable

PERFORMED

Path Lab Des Moines

UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS

SHARED TUBE

MINIMUM VOLUME

3.0 ML WHOLE BLOOD

Methodology

FLOW CYTOMETRY

Day(s) Performed

MONDAY-FRIDAY

CPT

81373