Test Code SOFT: PTTMX Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) 50:50 Mixing Study, Plasma

Additional Codes

Ordering Mnemonic
EPIC NAME: PTT MIX FOR CIRCULATING ANTICOAGULANT EPIC CODE: LAB20032

Ordering Mnemonic

EPIC NAME: PTT MIX FOR CIRCULATING ANTICOAGULANT

EPIC CODE: LAB20032

Saint Francis Medical Center-Coagulation

Specimen Type: Platelet-poor plasma

Collection Container/Tube: Dark blue top (3.2% sodium citrate) tube; must be filled to line.

*** Not heavy metal royal blue EDTA

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 2 mL

Stability: 3 Hours (A); 14 Days (F), if separated and immediately frozen at -20'C

Collection Instructions: Label specimen as plasma.

Whole Blood: Ambient

Plasma: Ambient <3 hours/Frozen >3 hours

Refrigeration not acceptable

See laboratory report.

Monday through Sunday

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