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Prealbumin

Methodology:

Spectrophotometric

Analytical Time:

2 - 24 hours

Testing Laboratory:

Pathology Laboratory

Laboratory Section:

Core Laboratory

Prealbumin

Preferred Collection Container:

SST (Serum Separator)

Also Acceptable Collection Container:

Red (No Additive)

Collection Information:

Collect blood in a SST (Serum Separator). Red (No Additive) also acceptable.

Transport Information:

Centrifuge and aliquot 1.0 mL of serum into a plastic transport vial. Send refrigerated.

Minimum Sample Volume: Minimum amount of analytical sample (serum, plasma, urine, CSF, etc.) required to perform an assay once. Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory or reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum specimen volume may result in a QNS (Quantity Not Sufficient) result, requiring a second specimen to be collected.

Minimum amount of analytical sample (serum, plasma, urine, CSF, etc.) required to perform an assay once. Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory or reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum specimen volume may result in a QNS (Quantity Not Sufficient) result, requiring a second specimen to be collected.

0.5 mL of serum (approximately 1.0 mL of whole blood based upon a normal patient hematocrit)

Remarks:

Separate serum from cells ASAP

Unacceptable Conditions:

Plasma samples

Stability

Refrigerated Stability:

3 days - Preferred

Frozen Stability:

6 months

Ambient Stability:

8 hours

Prealbumin

Sunquest Order Code:

PREALB

Epic Number: The test code used to identify this assay in Epic

LAB115

CPT Code:

84134

Prealbumin

Modified:

7/19/2016 9:33:23 AM