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AFP
MessageChemistry
Test Code
LAB559
Alias/See Also
Alpha-fetoprotein
CPT Codes
82105
Preferred Specimen
Gold top (serum separator tube)
Minimum Volume
Whole blood: 700 uL (TWO full red-top microtainers)
Serum: 400 uL
Serum: 400 uL
Specimen Stability
Refrigerated: 5 days
Frozen: 4 weeks
Frozen: 4 weeks
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
grossly turbid samples
Report Available
same day
Reference Range
<8.740 ng/mL
Performing Laboratory
HHN Laboratory