| Specimen requirements: |
Point of Care |
| Unit of measure: |
PRU and % inhibition |
| Ideal sample: |
Whole blood collected in the appropriate Greiner Tube.
Collect 6-10 hours after Plavix dose. Assay 10 minutes to 4 hours of collection. |
| Absolute minimum amount: |
2.7 mL draw size sample |
| Method of collection: |
N/A |
| Transportation: |
N/A |
| Label instructions: |
N/A |
| Request test on form: |
N/A |
| Stat frequency: |
N/A |
| Stat turn around time: |
N/A |
| Routine frequency: |
N/A |
| Must be in by: |
N/A |
| Routine turn around time: |
N/A |
| Deliver the specimen to : |
NA : NA
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| Deliver the specimen to : |
NA : NA
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| Scheduling requirements : |
N/A |
| Method: |
Increase of light transmittance due
to the agglutination of fibrinogen coated microparticle beads in proportion the
number of unblocked platelet gp Iiba/IIIa receptors. |
| Special Instructions: |
Use the Accumetrics VerifyNow P2Y12 System
Instrument and VerifyNow Aspirin Assay Devices. Refer to the procedure
"ACCUMETRICS VERIFYNOW P2Y12 ASPIRIN ASSAY" located at the patient care area site. |
| CyberLAB abbreviation: |
N/A |
| CyberLAB code: |
N/A |
| Lab Processing Instructions: |
N/A |
