Green top (sodium or lithium heparin) tube. Protect from light.
1 mL plasma
0.5 mL plasma
Fasting specimen. Place on ice and deliver to lab immediately. Centrifuge at 4 degrees C. Protect specimen from light.
Specimen must be drawn at a UH/Taubman drawn station due to requiring spinning in a refrigerated centrifuge immediately.
Collect specimen in a green top tube from a fasting patient; place on ice immediately after collection. Transport specimen on ice immediately after draw. Spin in a refrigerated centrifuge, and aliquot into an amber PFL aliquot. Freeze immediately.
Must be collected at a UH or Taubman draw station due to handling requirements
Monday - Friday
3 days
Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
0.4 - 2.0 mg/dL
Diagnosis of vitamin C deficiency.
Test sent to Mayo Medical Laboratories.
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