Shipping Instructions

CRITICAL FROZEN. Separate specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered.

Specimen Required

Specimen Type: Whole Blood

Collection Container/Tube:

Preferred: Green top (sodium heparin)

Acceptable: Green top (lithium heparin)

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. Draw blood in a green-top tube (sodium or lithium heparin).

2. Aliquot 1 mL well mixed whole blood into a plastic vial.

3. Freeze specimen.