Blue top tube, 3.2% sodium citrate
Full 2.7mL tube or 1mL plasma aliquot
Full 1.8mL tube or 1mL plasma aliquot
Collect specimen in a blue top (citrate 3.2%) tube. Mix by inversion. Specimen should arrive at lab within 3 hours of collection; transport at room temperature. Alternatively, centrifuge, aliquot plasma into a polypropylene plastic vial, and freeze the specimen within 4 hours of collection. Transport frozen specimen on dry ice. Collection of the blood through lines that have been previously flushed with heparin should be avoided. If the blood must be drawn through a VAD (vascular access device), the line should be flushed with 5 mL of saline and the first 5 mL of blood or six dead space volumes of the VAD discarded.
Collect specimen in a blue top (citrate 3.2%) tube. Mix by inversion. Specimen should arrive at lab within 3 hours of collection; transport at room temperature. Collection of the blood through lines that have been previously flushed with heparin should be avoided. If the blood must be drawn through a VAD (vascular access device), the line should be flushed with 5 mL of saline and the first 5 mL of blood or six dead space volumes of the VAD discarded.
Daily, 24 hours for UMHS inpatients, Emergency Department patients, and Veterans Hospital patients. Monday-Friday, 1 run per day for MLabs and outpatients.
2 hours
Photo-optical clot determination with Factor VIII deficient substrate.
50-150%
Detection of specific coagulation factor VIII deficiency
Test is not indicated if the patient is receiving heparin or direct thrombin inhibitor anticoagulation therapy. This test is not indicated for inpatient evaluation of acute thrombosis.
A PT/INR and a PTT will be performed concurrently with this assay and a separate charge will be generated. Decreased factor VIII may be seen in association with: hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease, hypothyroidism, and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. Factor VIII is an acute phase reactant; levels rise during strenuous exercise, periods of acute stress, following surgery, and in most inflammatory conditions. Factor VIII levels are also increased in pregnancy, carcinoma, leukemia, liver or renal disease, diabetes, deep vein thrombosis, and myocardial infarction.
3209-4
85240, 85610, 85730
31127, 31105, 31106
Specimens will be rejected if not properly filled, clotted, grossly hemolyzed, or contaminated with heparin.
Room temperature for whole blood or frozen aliquot of citrated plasma.
STAT requests for this test will be performed on UMHS inpatients, Emergency Department patients, and Veterans Hospital patients.