Lavender top tube (prechilled)
0.7 mL EDTA plasma
0.25 mL EDTA plasma
Collect in pre-chilled tube and place on ice immediately.
Collect specimen in a chilled lavender top tube. Immediately following collection, centrifuge in a refrigerated centrifuge or chilled centrifuge cups, aliquot plasma into a plastic vial and freeze.
Collect specimen in a chilled lavender top tube
Monday - Thursday
3 - 6 days
Immunochemiluminometric Assay (ICMA)
< or = 4.2 pmol/L
Diagnosis of humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM) in patients with hypercalcemia and nonelevated PTH. When a patient with HHM has an increased PTHrP value, this test is useful to monitor treatment.
Test sent to Mayo Medical Laboratories
15087-0
82397
32127
Strict frozen