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Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Serum

Alias:

Cytokine, Cytokines, IL-6, IL6, Interleukin-6

Methodology:

Immunoenzymatic

Performed:

Monday through Saturday

Analytical Time:

1 to 3 days

Testing Laboratory:

Mayo Medical Laboratories; Rochester, MN

Laboratory Section:

Referral Testing

Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Serum

Container/Tube Type:

SST (Serum Separator)

Collection Information:

Collect blood in a SST (Serum Separator) tube.

Transport Information:

Centrifuge and aliquot 1.0 mL of serum into 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 normal patient hematocrit)

Unacceptable Conditions:

Gross hemolysis, gross lipemia, gross icterus

Stability

Refrigerated Stability:

14 days - Preferred

Frozen Stability:

90 days

Ambient Stability:

24 hours

Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Serum

Sunquest Order Code:

FIL6SM

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

LAB332

Reference Lab Code: The test code used to identify this assay at the referral laboratory that performs this testing.

IL6DX

CPT Code:

83529

Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Serum

Modified:

5/28/2013 11:29:58 AM