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Vitamin B12
Test Code1235300385
Alias/See Also
B12
VB12
VB12
CPT Codes
82607
Preferred Specimen
Serum collected in a gold-top serum separator tube (SST)
Minimum Volume
0.5 mL
Other Acceptable Specimens
Serum collected in a red-top no additive no-gel tube and transferred to a plastic vial
Instructions
SST: Spin and do not separate unless freezing specimen.
Red-top no-gel tube: Spin and separate serum into a plastic transport vial.
Red-top no-gel tube: Spin and separate serum into a plastic transport vial.
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Performing Laboratory
Guthrie Clinic Lab