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Unit Code 90463:
C3a Level

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Specimen Required

Draw blood in a lavender-top (EDTA) tube(s). (No alternate

specimen is acceptable.) Mix well, centrifuge at ambient

temperature within 1 hour of draw, and freeze immediately.

Send specimen frozen in plastic vial. If specimen cannot be

separated within 1 hour of draw, place on wet ice, and spin

down in a refrigerated centrifuge.

Transport Temperature

Frozen\Refrig NO\Ambient NO

Reject Due To

Specimens Other Than:                 Plasma

Anticoagulants Other Than:           EDTA

Hemolysis:                                          NA

Thawing:                                              NA

Lipemia:                                               NA

 

Day(s) and Time(s) Test Performed

Batched x1 month

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