Rufinamide (Banzel) (LABCORP)

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LAB200102: Rufinamide | LABCORP EAP: 284191

LABCORP LAB: Serum Separator Tube: (Refrigerated) Min Vol: N/A

Specimen Type: Blood Container: Plasma from Light Blue Top Tube Storage: Frozen Special Instructions: Specimen Collection: Blood should be collected in a blue-top tube containing 3.2% buffered sodium citrate.[1] Evacuated collection tubes must be filled to completion to ensure a proper blood to anticoagulant ratio.[2,3] The sample should be mixed immediately by gentle inversion at least six times to ensure adequate mixing of the anticoagulant with the blood. A discard tube is not required prior to collection of coagulation samples.[4,5] When noncitrate tubes are collected for other tests, collect sterile and nonadditive (red-top) tubes prior to citrate (blue-top) tubes. Any tube containing an alternate anticoagulant should be collected after the blue- top tubes. Serum gel tubes and serum tubes with clot initiators should also be collected after the citrate tubes. Centrifuge for 10 minutes and (using a transfer pipette) carefully remove two-thirds of the plasma without disturbing the cells. Deliver to a plastic transport tube, cap, and recentrifuge for 10 minutes. Use a second plastic pipette to remove the plasma, staying clear of the platelets at the bottom of the tube. Transfer the plasma into a LabCorp PP transpak frozen purple tube with screw cap (LabCorp ID 49482). The specimen should be FROZEN immediately and maintained frozen until tested. To avoid delays in turnaround time when requesting multiple tests on frozen samples, PLEASE SUBMIT SEPARATE FROZEN SPECIMENS FOR EACH TEST REQUESTED. Method: In LabCorp’s liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) assay, ADAMTS13 activity is determined by measuring the cleavage of a synthetic polypeptide substrate (referred to as vWF73) added to plasma samples.[25] The amino acid sequence of vWF Stability Room Temp: Not Available Refrigerated: Not Available Frozen: Not Available

LABCORP LAB
STAT: 5760 min
Routine: 5760 min
Extended TAT: No TAT min
Timed: 5760 min
Life or Death: 5760 min