Container/Tube: Serum (SST)
Specimen Volume: 5 mL of serum
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
Collections Instructions: Centrifuge specimens and remove the serum from the cellular material within 4 hours of collection.
Stability
| Storage | Temperature | Stability |
| Refrigerated | 2-8 °C (36-46 °F) | ≤ 7 days |
| Frozen | ≤ Negative 20 °C (≤ Negative 4 °F) | ≤ 4 weeks |
Two-Site Immunoenzymometric
≤ 37 U/mL
Values should not be interpreted as absolute evidence for the presence or absence of cancer.
Monday through Friday
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Samples should not be drawn from patients receiving therapy with high biotin doses (>5 mg/day) until at least eight hours after last biotin administration.