Hemolyzed Specimens are unsuitable for analysis. Promptly centrifuge and separate Serum or Plasma into an acid washed plastic screw capped vial using approved guidelines.
Red top tube (no additive)
Yellow top tube (ACD - Acid Citrate Dextrose). Light Blue top tube (Sodium Citrate). Gray top tube (Sodium Fluoride / Potassium Oxalate). Polymer gel separation tube (SST or PST).
Rejection criteria pertain to clinical sample submissions only.
Room Temperature: 30 day(s)
Refrigerated: 30 day(s)
Frozen (-20 °C): 30 day(s)