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Test Code LAB2910 Platelet Function - Aspirin

Important Note

Specimens must be hand delivered to the Main Lab, Children's Hospital Room 319.  ART locations should hand deliver specimens to ART OR Lab, Room 4221 for transport to Main Lab.  Specimens sent via pneumatic tube system will be canceled. Specimens not received within four hours of collection will be cancelled.

 

Interfering Indices Levels:

HCT < 29%

HCT > 56%

PLT < 92 K/cumm

 

Collection:

Specimen: Blood

Container:   Platelet Function Inhibition Kit.  To obtain a kit for Ashley River Tower (ART) locations, call ART OR Lab at 843-876-5656.  To obtain a kit for any other locations, call Lab Client Services at 843-792-0707.

Note: WHITE DISK BLUE TOP 2.0 mL GREINER TUBES must be used. No other blue top tubes will be accepted.

After collection, the specimen must be hand delivered to the Main Lab, Children's Hospital Room 319.  ART locations should hand deliver specimens to ART OR Lab, Room 4221 for transport to Main Lab.  Specimens sent via pneumatic tube system will be canceled. Specimens not received within four hours of collection will be cancelled.

Stability:

Ambient:  4 Hours

 

Do not refrigerate or freeze samples

 

Specimen testing cannot occur within 30 minutes of collection.

 

Turnaround Time (TAT):

STAT: 1 HOUR

Routine: 4 HOURS

Test Availability:

24 hours a day / 7 days a week

Performing Laboratory Section:

HEMATOLOGY / UMC MAIN LABORATORY

Reference Interval:

Reference range not established for this test.

Interpretive Data:

Test results are reported in Aspirin Reaction Units (ARU).


350 - 549 ARU -- Therapeutic range for platelet function
550 - 700 ARU --  Non-Therapeutic range for platelet function