Preferred Specimen(s) 1 mL serum
Transport Container Plastic screw-cap vial
Transport Temperature Refrigerated 7 days
Reject Criteria
- Hemolysis
- Hyperlipemia
Methodology Nephelometry
Clinical Significance Decreased haptoglobin is found in hemolytic disease, hepatocellular disease and infectious mononucleosis. Increased level is found in inflammatory disease in the presence of tissue necrosis and in general acute inflammatory conditions.