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Infectious Mononucleosis Screen
Test Code1235700169
Alias/See Also
MONO
CPT Codes
86308
Preferred Specimen
GUTHRIE CLINIC LAB, CORNING, TROY, TOWANDA: Whole blood collected in a lavender-top EDTA tube
CORTLAND: Serum collected in a gold-top serum separator tube (SST)
CORTLAND: Serum collected in a gold-top serum separator tube (SST)
Other Acceptable Specimens
GUTHRIE CLINIC LAB, CORNING, TROY, TOWANDA: Serum collected in a gold-top serum separator tube (SST), Serum collected in a red-top no additive no-gel tube and transferred to a plastic vial, Plasma collected in a green-top lithium heparin plasma separator tube (PST)
Instructions
Lav EDTA: Do not spin or separate.
Green PST, red, gold SST: Spin and separate serum/plasma.
Specimens collected in regional offices cannot be in Lav EDTA tubes due to short specimen stability.
Green PST, red, gold SST: Spin and separate serum/plasma.
Specimens collected in regional offices cannot be in Lav EDTA tubes due to short specimen stability.
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Specimen Stability
LAV EDTA - Room temperature: 24 hours
GREEN PST, RED, GOLD SST - Refrigerated: 48 hours, Frozen: 3 months
GREEN PST, RED, GOLD SST - Refrigerated: 48 hours, Frozen: 3 months
Performing Laboratory
Guthrie Clinic Lab
Corning Hospital Lab
Troy Hospital Lab
GMG Laboratory at Towanda
Cortland Medical Center Lab
