Test Library

Preferred Specimen(s) 2 mL plasma collected in an EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Instructions Separate plasma from cells by centrifugation within six hours of collection and transfer the plasma to a separate plastic screw-cap vial. Ship frozen.

Transport Container Plastic screw-cap vial

Transport Temperature

  • Refrigerated 7 days,
  • Frozen 35 days

Reject Criteria

  • Received room temperature
  • Received thawed
  • Serum
  • Heparinized plasma
  • Received frozen PPT (white-top) tubes
  • Unspun PPT tube

Methodology Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)

Clinical Significance This test is useful in the monitoring of therapy and disease progression.