| Specimen requirements: |
Point of Care
Whole Blood |
| Reference ranges: |
| CATEGORY |
LOW |
HIGH |
UNITS |
QUALITATIVE |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Monitored by physician during patient procedure |
|
| Unit of measure: |
ARU (aspirin reaction units) |
| Ideal sample: |
2.0 mL whole blood draw into special
Greiner 2 mL blood collection tube containing 3.2 % sodium citrate.
Assay 30 min - 4 hrs after
collection. |
| Absolute minimum amount: |
2.0 mL draw size sample |
| Method of collection: |
N/A |
| Transportation: |
N/A |
| Label instructions: |
N/A |
| Request test on form: |
N/A |
| Order/entry screen(s): |
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
|
| Deliver the specimen to : |
NA : NA
|
| 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 IIb/IIIa receptors. |
| Special Instructions: |
Use the Accumetrics VerifyNow System
Instrument and VerifyNow Aspirin Assay Devices. Refer to the procedure
"ACCUMETRICS VERIFYNOW ASPIRIN ASSAY" located at the patient care area site. |
| CyberLAB abbreviation: |
N/A |
| CyberLAB code: |
N/A |
| Lab Processing Instructions: |
N/A |
