Test Code BFA Body Fluid Analysis and Cell Count

Additional Codes

LAB210

Manual Testing

Includes appearance, color, microscopic examination for RBCs and WBCs, and differential cell count.

Sky Lakes Medical Center-Hematology

Specimen Type: Pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, pleural fluid, or synovial fluid

Container/Tube: Sterile container, green-top (heparin) tube, or syringe

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. If specimen collected in syringe, the needle must be removed prior to transport to laboratory.

2. Unacceptable specimens include drainage sites, pus, urine, or clotted specimen.

Additional Information: Indicate specimen source.

Ambient

Monday through Sunday

89050