Preferred Specimen(s) 2 mL plasma collected in an EDTA (lavender-top) tube or PPT (white-top) tubes.
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. Do not freeze PPT tubes.
Transport Container Plastic screw-cap vial
Transport Temperature Frozen
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: Useful in the monitoring therapy and disease progression.