SST or Red top tube
1 mL serum
0.5 mL serum
Must arrive in lab or aliquot and freeze within 1 hour. STRICT FROZEN
Collect specimen in an SST or red top tube. Centrifuge, aliquot serum into a plastic vial, and freeze within 1 hour of collection. Refrigerated samples are not acceptable.
Collect specimen in an SST or red top tube. Deliver to SP immediately or centrifuge, aliquot serum into plastic vial and freeze within 1 hour of collection.
Tuesday, Friday
4 days
Chemiluminescence.
Males: <18 pg/mL; Females: <12 pg/mL.
Diagnosis and follow up of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC); adjunct to diagnosis of multiple endocrine neoplasia type II (MENII) and familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC); occasionally useful in the diagnosis and follow up of islet cell tumors.
Test sent to Warde Medical Laboratory.
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Plasma, lipemia, icteric or hemolyzed specimens.