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Folate, Serum

Alias:

Folate, Serum, Folic Acid, Pteroylglutamic Acid

Methodology:

Electrochemiluminescence

Performed:

Monday-Friday 8:00a to 10:00p
Saturday-Sunday 9:00a to 5:00p

Analytical Time:

3 hours

Testing Laboratory:

Pathology Laboratory

Laboratory Section:

Core Laboratory

Folate, Serum

Preferred Collection Container:

SST (Serum Separator)

Also Acceptable Collection Container:

Red (No Additive)

Collection Information:

Collect blood in a SST (Serum Separator) or Red (No Additive) tube.

Transport Information:

Centrifuge and aliquot 1.5 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.

0.4 mL of serum (approximately 0.8 mL of whole blood depending on a normal patient's hematocrit)

Unacceptable Conditions:

Specimens collected in EDTA tubes or Green top (heparin) tubes.

Stability

Refrigerated Stability:

48 hours - Preferred

Frozen Stability:

2 weeks

Ambient Stability:

2 hours

Folate, Serum

Sunquest Order Code:

FOL

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

LAB69

CPT Code:

82746

Folate, Serum

Modified:

7/19/2016 9:33:23 AM