Specimen Required

Patient Preparation:

1. Patient must be fasting overnight (12 hours). Blood should be collected before breakfast in the morning and prior to any medication.

2. Patient must not consume any alcohol for 24 hours before specimen collection.

3. For patients younger than six months, draw prior to their next feeding.

Supplies: Amber Frosted Tube, 5 mL (T915)

Collection Container/Tube:

Preferred: Serum gel

Acceptable: Red top

Submission Container/Tube: Amber vial

Specimen Volume: 0.7 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. Draw blood in a serum gel tube or plain red-top tube.

2. Within 1 hour of collection, centrifuge and aliquot 0.7 mL of serum into an amber vial to protect from light.

3. Ship ambient