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Vitamin B12 Folate
Test Code1235300394
Alias/See Also
B12F
CPT Codes
8260782746
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