Specimen Type: |
Serum |
Specimen Stability: |
Room temperature: 72 hours, Refrigerated: 30 days, Frozen: 30 days |
Specimen Requirements: |
2 mL (0.5 mL minimum) serum in a Red-top tube or Serum Separator Tube (SST) |
Instructions: |
Serum must be separated from whole blood within 48 hours of collection. Please label each specimen tube with two forms of patient identification. These forms of identification must also appear on the requisition form. |
Alternate Specimen Type: |
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) |
Alternate Specimen Stability: |
Room temperature: 72 hours, Refrigerated: 30 days, Frozen: 30 days |
Alternate Specimen Requirements: |
2 mL (0.5 mL minimum) CSF collected in a plastic screw cap vial |