One 6 mL SST (Gold) tube, or One PST tube, or One 5.0 mL EDTA (Lavender) tube.
0.5 mL serum or plasma (Min: 0.3 mL).
Storage/Transport Temperature
Refrigerated. If sample transport to the lab is not the same day as collected, centrifuge the sample and aliquot the serum or plasma into a clean tube.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Stability: After separation from cells: Ambient: must not be stored ambient; Refrigerated: 7 days; Frozen: 1year (avoid more than 4 freeze/thaw cycles)
Performed
Serology/Microbiology. Daily.
Remarks
To aliquot: Centrifuge the sample and transfer the serum or plasma into a clean tube. Label sample 'plasma' if approprite.
Notes
**This order is not available in the Nebraska Medicine environment. Please see HCABX, Hepatits C antibody with reflex to Hepatitis C RNA Quantitation.
One 6 mL SST (Gold) tube, or One PST tube, or One 5.0 mL EDTA (Lavender) tube.
0.5 mL serum or plasma (Min: 0.3 mL).
Storage/Transport Temperature
Refrigerated. If sample transport to the lab is not the same day as collected, centrifuge the sample and aliquot the serum or plasma into a clean tube.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Stability: After separation from cells: Ambient: must not be stored ambient; Refrigerated: 7 days; Frozen: 1year (avoid more than 4 freeze/thaw cycles)
Performed
Serology/Microbiology. Daily.
Remarks
To aliquot: Centrifuge the sample and transfer the serum or plasma into a clean tube. Label sample 'plasma' if approprite.
Notes
**This order is not available in the Nebraska Medicine environment. Please see HCABX, Hepatits C antibody with reflex to Hepatitis C RNA Quantitation.
