Plasma. Grossly hemolyzed or severely lipemic specimens.
Collection Comments
Allow Gold tube to sit for 30 minutes to form clot. Spin for 10 minutes at 1100-1300 g in a swing bucket unit or 15 minutes in a fixed angle to separate cells from serum. Remember to properly label tube with patient name, DOB, test and collect date. Do not collect in orange top tube. Transfer 0.5 mL serum to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube. (Minimum 0.1 mL) . Separate serum from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection.
After separation from cells: Ambient: 5 days; Refrigerated: 1 week; Frozen: 3 months
Ordering Recommendations
Most useful to establish autoimmumne etiology in previously diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). Do not use to differentiate type 1 DM from type 2 DM, for most cases.
Kronus Units are arbitrary. Kronus Units = U/mL. This assay is intended for the semi-quantitative determination of antibodies to ZnT8 in human serum. Results should be interpreted within the context of clinical symptoms. See ARUP website for details.
Plasma. Grossly hemolyzed or severely lipemic specimens.
Collection Comments
Allow Gold tube to sit for 30 minutes to form clot. Spin for 10 minutes at 1100-1300 g in a swing bucket unit or 15 minutes in a fixed angle to separate cells from serum. Remember to properly label tube with patient name, DOB, test and collect date. Do not collect in orange top tube. Transfer 0.5 mL serum to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube. (Minimum 0.1 mL) . Separate serum from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection.
After separation from cells: Ambient: 5 days; Refrigerated: 1 week; Frozen: 3 months
Ordering
Ordering Recommendations
Most useful to establish autoimmumne etiology in previously diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). Do not use to differentiate type 1 DM from type 2 DM, for most cases.
Kronus Units are arbitrary. Kronus Units = U/mL. This assay is intended for the semi-quantitative determination of antibodies to ZnT8 in human serum. Results should be interpreted within the context of clinical symptoms. See ARUP website for details.
