Lavender top tube (prechilled)
2 mL plasma
0.5 mL plasma
Fasting specimen. Collect in prechilled tube and place on ice immediately. Must arrive in lab or aliquot and freeze within 15 minutes.
Collect specimen in chilled lavender top tube from a fasting patient. Following collection place Vacutainer® on ice for 10 minutes, then centrifuge, aliquot plasma into a plastic vial and freeze.
Pre-chill lavender tube.
Tuesday, Thursday
4 - 8 days
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
> or =1 year of age: < or =159 pg/mL; <1 year of age: No reference interval established.
Diagnosis of glucagonoma (glucagon producing tumors) and glucagon-produced hypoglycemic disorders.
Test sent to Mayo Clinic Laboratories.
2338-2
82943
23380
Strict frozen