| Specimen requirements: |
Blue Top |
| Unit of measure: |
U/mL |
| Ideal sample: |
2.7 mL Whole Blood, blue top tube |
| Absolute minimum amount: |
2.4 mL Whole Blood, blue top tube |
| Method of collection: |
N/A |
| Transportation: |
Must be received in lab within 30
minutes of venipuncture. |
| Label instructions: |
N/A |
| The following substances can
adversely affect the results: |
Clots in Specimen, Improper Line
Draw, Hemolysis |
| Request test on form: |
Special Coagulation ( D6115 ) |
| Order/entry screen(s): |
Hematology/Coagulation |
| Stat frequency: |
N/A |
| Stat turn around time: |
N/A |
| Routine frequency: |
Monday - Friday, 0830-1630 |
| Must be in by: |
1500 |
| Routine turn around time: |
24 Hours |
| For Hillcrest deliver to: |
SCRAP : Specimen Central Receiving
and
|
| |
Processing, room 2-117
|
| Deliver the specimen to : |
For Thornton: Deliver to hematology, processing desk, 1st floor
hospital room 1-103 |
| Scheduling requirements : |
Samples may be drawn at any time appropriate for the patient's
heparin dosage schedule, but must be processed as below within one hour of
collection and frozen immediately after processing. Samples must remain
frozen until time of assay. |
| Method: |
Chromogenic Substrate |
| Special Instructions: |
Do not draw from heparinized line. 1)
Test is performed only when approved by pharmacist or pregnant, renal, or obese
patients or infants.
2) Type of heparin patient is receiving must be specified. 3) Sample should be
collected 4 hr post dose for patients receiving low molecular weight heparin
(enoxaparin/lovenox). 4) Plasma must be removed from cells within 1 hr of
collection and should be double spun to ensure removal of all platelets. 5)
Plasma must be frozen if the assay is not run within two hours of collection. 6)
Notify special coagulation lab before sending 619-543-2249. |
| |
Results are available on a Chart Copy |
| |
Results are Quantitative |
| CyberLAB abbreviation: |
HEPXA |
| CyberLAB code: |
6130 |
| Lab Processing Instructions: |
N/A |
