Stability:

On-campus collections: Place on ice immediately after collection.
 
Off-campus collections:  Charleston area clinics - Place specimen immediately on ice or on a cold pack (not frozen) and keep in a refrigerator until transport. Transport refridgerated to UHE Main Fast Flow Lab. If specimen cannot be delivered within 6 hours, centrifuge and pour off plasma into a transport tube labeled with specimen type (EDTA plasma). Freeze poured off specimen immediately. Transport frozen to UHE Main Fast Flow Lab.
 
Outside RHNS and clinics:  Immediately centrifuge and pour off plasma into a transport tube labeled with specimen type (EDTA plasma). Freeze poured off specimen immediately. Transport frozen to UHE Main Fast Flow Lab.

Once plasma is separated from cells:

Refrigerated: 2 Weeks

Frozen: 1 Year