Lead, Blood, Filter Paper (LABCORP)

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LAB101118: Lead, Blood, Filter Paper | LABCORP EAP: 791280

LABCORP LAB: Filter Paper Collection Card (Room Temperature) Min Vol: .5

Preferred specimen: 2 mL (min 0.8mL) serum in serum separator tube and 2.5 mL (1.4 mL) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), collected at the same time.

Specimen: Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), collected at the same time Volume: 2 mL serum and 2.5 mL CSF Minimum Volume: 0.8 mL serum and 1.4 mL CSF Specimen Container: Plastic transport tubes Specimen Collection: Collect serum and CSF at the same time. Avoid contaminating CSF with blood. Centrifuge CSF at 1500xg for 20 minutes and place the supernatant into separate tubes. Ensure residual fibrin and cellular matter have been removed. Transport Temperature: Room temperature Stability: Room Temp: 14 days Refrigerate: 14 days Frozen: 14 days Freeze/Thaw Cycles: Stable x2 Turn-around-time (from date of pickup of specimen by LabCorp): 4-9 days Cause for Rejection: Plasma instead of serum specimen; serum and CSF not collected within eight hours of each other; lipemic, hemolyzed, or icteric CSF specimen

LABCORP LAB
STAT: 12960 min
Routine: 12960 min
Extended TAT: No TAT min
Timed: 12960 min
Life or Death: 12960 min