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Performing Laboratory
Sky Lakes Medical Center-Hematology
Specimen Requirements
Specimen must arrive in laboratory within 24 hours of draw. Specimen Type: Blood Container/Tube: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or lavender-top (EDTA) MICROTAINER Specimen Volume: Full tube Collection Instructions: 1. Invert several times to mix blood. 2. Hemolyzed or clotted specimen, specimen diluted with intravenous fluid, or tube not filled with minimum volume is not acceptable.
Specimen Transport Temperature
Ambient/Frozen NO
Reference Values
0-24 hours:10.0-27.0 × 10/microliter>1-14 days:7.0-24.0x 10/microliter>15 days-1 year: 6.0-20.0 × 10/microliter 1-4 years:6.0-18.0 × 10/microliter5-11 years: 5.0-14.0 × 10/microliter12-18 years:4.5-13.0 × 10/microliter18-110 years: 4.5-11.0 × 10/microliter
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through SundayAvailable STAT
Test Classification and CPT Coding
85048
Test Order Code
LAB299
Methodology
Performed on the automated Hematolgy Analyzer