Specimen must arrive within 2 hours of draw.
Container/Tube: Serum gel tube-Hemolyzed specimen is not acceptable.
Specimen Volume: 5 mL of serum
Transport Temperature: Ambient
Collection Instructions: Fasting preferred. Allow specimen to clot for 30 minutes. Spin specimen in centrifuge. If there is a delay in transport of ≥2 hours, send specimen refrigerated. If there is a delay in transport of ≥8 hours, remove serum from gel tube and send frozen in plastic vial. Protect specimen from light.
Chemiluminescence Immunoassay
VITAMIN B12
239-931 pg/mL
FOLATE
>2.7 ng/mL
Monday through Sunday
82607-Vitamin B12
82746-Folate