Test Directory

Specimen Required: Serum

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube(SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 2 days �Frozen: 14 days�Freeze/Thaw cycle: x1

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum per specimen

Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap vial(s)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen -20� C: 7 days �Frozen -70� C: Not available

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Throat or nasopharyngeal (NP) swab, bronchial washings or bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), or NP wash/aspirate

Alternate Specimen: Universal transport media (swab) or sterile container (bronchial wash/aspirate, BAL, NP wash/aspirate)

Specimen Container: Universal transport media (swab) or sterile container (bronchial wash/aspirate, BAL, NP wash/aspirate)

Specimen Volume: One swab (in universal transport media),or 1 mL bronchial washings, BAL, or NP wash/aspirate

Specimen Stability: Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 7 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: "Red top, No gel"

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days

Specimen Required: Serum or plasma, FROZEN

Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube

Specimen Container: Red Top Tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Not Available Refrigerated: 5 days�Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 0.2

Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 3 months

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel

Specimen Container: Serum separator tube

Specimen Volume: 3mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Urine (random or 24-hour)

Alternate Specimen: Urine (random or 24-hour)

Specimen Container: Plastic urine container, no preservative

Specimen Volume: 5 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: Whole blood

Alternate Specimen: Whole blood

Specimen Container: Royal blue-top (EDTA) tube; submit original tube.

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: Not Available

Specimen Container: Urine cup

Specimen Volume: 5mL

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature

Specimen Required: Whole Blood

Alternate Specimen: No Alernative Specimen

Specimen Container: Dark Blue (Royal Blue) Top EDTA Trace Elements Tube

Specimen Volume: 3

Specimen Stability: Refrigerated (2-8�C): 7 Days

Specimen Required: Whole Blood

Alternate Specimen: Yellow Top

Specimen Container: Lavander Top Tube (EDTA)

Specimen Volume: 3 mL

Specimen Stability: 28 days�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum from SST/RED, FROZEN

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Unstable�Refrigerated: Unstable�Frozen: 90 days

Specimen Required: 24 HR URINE

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 2 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days

Specimen Required: 10 mL random urine - no preservative

Alternate Specimen: Urinalysis transport tube (yellow-top, blue fill line, preservative tube)

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 2 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days

Specimen Required: 10 mL aliquot of a well-mixed, 24 hour collection.

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: 24-hour urine container 25 mL 6N HCl

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 2 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days

Specimen Required: Serum, Unopened

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: Not Available

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 60 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Stool (unpreserved, random)

Alternate Specimen: Stool (unpreserved, random)

Specimen Container: Clean screw-capped plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 1 g

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days �Refrigerated: 11 days�Frozen: 1 year

Specimen Required: Whole blood, bone marrow or cell pellet

Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or green-top (sodium heparin) tube

Specimen Container: EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Specimen Volume: 3 to 5 mL whole blood or 1 to 2 mL bone marrow

Specimen Stability: Refrigerated: 3 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days�Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: 4 mL whole blood collected in an EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Alternate Specimen: Whole blood collected in: EDTA (royal blue-top) tube, ACD (yellow-top) tube, sodium heparin (green-top) tube, or lithium heparin (green-top) tube � Amniotic fluid � Cultured amniocytes � Extracted DNA � Bone marrow � Chorionic villus sample

Specimen Container: EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Specimen Volume: 4mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 days �Refrigerated: 8 days �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: Whole blood, amniotic fluid, chorionic villus sample (CVS) (submission of maternal blood is required for fetal testing), or LabCorp buccal swab kit (buccal swab collection kit contains instructions for use of a buccal swab)

Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube, yellow-top (ACD) tube, sterile plastic conical tube or two confluent T25 flasks for fetal testing, or LabCorp buccal swab kit

Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube, yellow-top (ACD) tube, sterile plastic conical tube or two confluent T25 flasks for fetal testing, or LabCorp buccal swab kit

Specimen Volume: 7 mL whole blood, 10 mL amniotic fluid, 20 mg CVS, or LabCorp buccal swab kit

Specimen Stability: Room temperature.

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 Hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 Hours�Refrigerated: 2 days �Frozen: 14 days�Freeze/Thaw cycle x1

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: "Red top, No gel"

Specimen Container: 2 Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 7 mL

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 4 Days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 Days�Refrigerated : 14 Days �Frozen: 30 Days�THIS TST IS N/A FOR NY PATIENTS

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Red-stopper tube or serum-separator tube

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Container: Red top, No gel

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: Unacceptable Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 6 months

Specimen Required: Vaginal swab

Alternate Specimen: Vaginal swab

Specimen Container: APTIMA(R) vaginal or unisex swab

Specimen Volume: One swab

Specimen Stability: 30 days�30 days�Not Available

Specimen Required: Whole blood

Alternate Specimen: No alternative test

Specimen Container: Sodium Heparin - Green Top

Specimen Volume: 5 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: Unacceptable �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: Urine (Random)

Alternate Specimen: Use plastic urine drug bottle and evidence tape or tamper-evident container for forensic specimen. Collection kits are available by request from the laboratory.

Specimen Container: Use plastic urine drug bottle and evidence tape or tamper-evident container for forensic specimen. Collection kits are available by request from the laboratory.

Specimen Volume: 20 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 14 days

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 3mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 14 days Frozen: 90 days

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum collected in a red-top tube (no gel)

Alternate Specimen: Plasma collected in: EDTA (lavender-top) or EDTA (pink-top) tube

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap vial

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Random Urine

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen type available

Specimen Container: Sterile Urine container

Specimen Volume: 5mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days

Specimen Required: 3 mL oral fluid collected in Quntisal collection device

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Quantisal collection device

Specimen Volume: 3mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days with swab removed

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: Urinalysis transport tube

Specimen Container: Plastic urine container

Specimen Volume: 25

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum collected in a red-top tube (no gel)

Alternate Specimen: Plasma collected in: EDTA (lavender-top) tube � EDTA (pink-top) tube

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap vial

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours Refrigerated: 30 days �Frozen: 12 months

Specimen Required: Serum or Plasma

Alternate Specimen: No alternative

Specimen Container: Red-top tube OR Green-top (heparin) tube

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum or Plasma

Alternate Specimen: Green-Top (heparin)Tube.

Specimen Container: Red-Top Tube , DO NOT USE GEL-BARRIER TUBE

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum or plasma

Alternate Specimen: Serum or plasma

Specimen Container: Red-top tube or green-top (heparin) tube.

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile, leak-proof container

Specimen Volume: 3

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 days Refrigerated : 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum OR plasma

Alternate Specimen: Serum OR plasma

Specimen Container: "Red-top tube OR green-top (heparin) tube. DO NOT USE A GEL-BARRIER TUBE. The use of gel-barrier tubes is not recommended due to slow absorption of the drug by the gel. Depending on the specimen volume and storage time, the decrease in drug level due to absorption may be clinically significant. Transfer separated serum or plasma to a plastic transport tube."

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: 10 mL urine submitted in a plastic, leak-proof urine container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day Refrigerated: 5 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Whole blood

Alternate Specimen: Green Top (Heparin) Tube

Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)

Specimen Volume: 7

Specimen Stability: Not Available�28 days�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: 1 day�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum from SST tube

Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: 2 SST, 2 RED, 1 LAV, 1 GREEN LITHIUM

Specimen Required: Serum, Whole blood

Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, Lavender top EDTA

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Serum:�Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days��Whole blood:�Room temperature: 48 hours�Refrigerated: 5 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Required: 4 mL whole blood collected in an EDTA (l

Alternate Specimen: Buccal swab in Celera DNA Collection kit

Specimen Container: EDTA (lavender-top)

Specimen Volume: 4mL

Specimen Stability: Whole blood �Room temperature: 8 days �Refrigerated: 8 days �Frozen: 30 days��Buccal swab �Room temperature: 8 days �Refrigerated: Unacceptable �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: "Red top, No gel"

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 4mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours

Specimen Required: Whole Blood

Alternate Specimen: Yellow Top Tube

Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)

Specimen Volume: 5 mL whole blood

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum (preferred) OR plasma

Alternate Specimen: Serum (preferred) OR plasma

Specimen Container: "Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, green-top (heparin) tube, OR lavender-top (EDTA) tube"

Specimen Volume: 4 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube is preferred. Red-top tube is acceptable.

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: 3 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Serum or plasma

Specimen Container: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube, or green-top (heparin) tube.

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 0.8 mL

Specimen Stability: 1 day�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: 4 mL whole blood collected in an EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Alternate Specimen: Buccal swab in Celera DNA Collection Kit

Specimen Container: EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Specimen Volume: 4mL

Specimen Stability: Whole blood �Room temperature: 8 days �Refrigerated: 8 days �Frozen: 30 days��Buccal swab �Room temperature: 8 days �Refrigerated: Unacceptable �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Not Available

Alternate Specimen: Not Available

Specimen Container: Not Available

Specimen Volume: Not Available

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)

Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube, lavender-top (EDTA-no gel) tube, OR green-top (heparin-no gel) tube

Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)

Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube, lavender-top (EDTA-no gel) tube, OR green-top (heparin-no gel) tube

Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum (preferred) OR plasma

Alternate Specimen: Serum (preferred) OR plasma

Specimen Container: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube, green-top (heparin) tube, OR blue-top (citrate) tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum (preferred) OR plasma

Alternate Specimen: Serum (preferred) OR plasma

Specimen Container: "Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, OR lavender-top (EDTA) tube"

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Plasma

Alternate Specimen: Plasma

Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or green-top (heparin) tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�5 days (stability provided by manufacturer or literature reference)�6 months (stability provided by manufacturer or literature reference)

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: lavender or Red top tube

Specimen Container: Serum in a transfer tube collected from a Red Top Tube, No Gel

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum from SST tube

Alternate Specimen: Plasma collected in: EDTA (lavender-top) tube or sodium heparin (green-top) tube

Specimen Container: Transport tube

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours�Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 18 months

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Container: Red Top

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: 1 SST

Specimen Required: 1 Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAV, 1 RED, 1 GREEN LITHIUM

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 20

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 90 days

Specimen Required: 3 mL oral fluid collected in Quntisal collection device

Alternate Specimen: No laternative specimen

Specimen Container: Quantisal collection device

Specimen Volume: 3mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days with swab removed

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum from SST tube

Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: "Serum OR plasma, FROZEN"

Specimen Container: SST

Specimen Volume: 2.5 mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�14 days

Specimen Required: "Serum, PROTECTED FROM LIGHT"

Alternate Specimen: "Serum, PROTECTED FROM LIGHT"

Specimen Container: "Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube; amber plastic transport tube with amber top. (If amber tubes are unavailable, cover standard transport tube completely, top and bottom, with aluminum foil. Identify specimen with patient's name directly on the container AND on the outside of the aluminum foil. Secure with tape.) For amber plastic transport tube and amber-top, order LabCorp item ID 23598."

Specimen Volume: 0.7 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum from SST tube

Alternate Specimen: Red Top, No gel

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Gel-barrier tube (preferred) or red-top tube

Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube (preferred) or red-top tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL (each specimen)

Specimen Stability: Freeze 14 days�Room 14 days �Refrigerator 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Whole blood

Alternate Specimen: No laternative specimen

Specimen Container: Lavender top EDTA

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 10 days�Refrigerated: 10 days�Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Plasma, FROZEN

Alternate Specimen: "Plasma, FROZEN"

Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or green-top (heparin) tube

Specimen Volume: 3 mL (plasma)

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Urine (24-hour)

Alternate Specimen: Urine (24-hour)

Specimen Container: Brown urine container with 30 mL 6N HCl preservative. CAUTION: STRONG ACID. May cause skin burns.

Specimen Volume: 30 mL aliquot

Specimen Stability: 3 days�14 days�30 days at 70(degrees)C

Specimen Required: Urine (random)

Alternate Specimen: Urine (random)

Specimen Container: Use random urine transport tube containing 6N HCl. Container is also known as urine Monovette(R) with pH stabilizer. Monovette(R) instructions accompany units. Preservative must be added to the container prior to the start of the collection. If collecting without Monovette(R), use plastic urine container and adjust urine pH to less than 5 with 6N HCl. CAUTION: Strong acid. May cause skin burns. PeopleSoft item number for this container is *56015.

Specimen Volume: 10 mL aliquot

Specimen Stability: 3 days�14 days�30 days at 70(degrees)C

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: 10 mL urine submitted in a plastic, leak-proof urine container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 14 days Frozen: 90 days

Specimen Required: 10 mL urine submitted in a plastic, leak-proof urine container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 0.2

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�3 months

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 0.2

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAV

Specimen Required: Lavender-Top Tube (EDTA)

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Lavender-Top Tube (EDTA)

Specimen Volume: 4mL

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 48 hours Refrigerated: 48 hours �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: Whole Blood

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Lavender top tube (EDTA)

Specimen Volume: 5

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 48 hours Refrigerated: 48 hours �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: Lavander Top

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Lavender top tube (EDTA)

Specimen Volume: 5 mL whole blood

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours�Refrigerated: 48 hours (may cause platelet clumping)�Frozen: Unstable

Specimen Required: Serum, Whole blood

Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, Lavender top EDTA

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Serum:�Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days��Whole blood:�Room temperature: 48 hours�Refrigerated: 5 days

Specimen Required: SST, LAVANDER TOP

Specimen Required: SST, LAVANDER TOP, URINE CUP

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 2ML

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 15 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: 2 SST

Alternate Specimen: RED TOP

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Formalin fixed paraf

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen type

Specimen Container: Paraffin block bag

Specimen Volume: Paraffin block bag

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Indefinite �Refrigerated: Indefinite �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: PLASMA

Alternate Specimen: N/A

Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube AND yellow-top (ACD-A) or (ACD-B).

Specimen Volume: 7mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature.

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 Hours�Refrigerated: 2 days �Frozen: 14 days�Freeze/Thaw cycle: x1

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum collected in a Red top, No gel

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap vial

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Unacceptable�Refrigerated: Unacceptable�Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 0.2

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�3 months

Specimen Required: na

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 15 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Required: 2 SST

Specimen Required: SST

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Gel-Barrier Tube

Specimen Volume: 2.5 mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: 1

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Gel-Barrier Tube

Specimen Volume: 1.7 mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: 1 SST

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 7

Specimen Stability: Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen at -20�C 6 months

Specimen Required: Whole blood or buccal swabs

Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or four buccal swabs in a sealed envelope (buccal swab kit).

Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or four buccal swabs in a sealed envelope (buccal swab kit).

Specimen Volume: 7 mL or four buccal swabs

Specimen Stability: Maintain specimen at room temperature.

Specimen Required: SST

Specimen Required: Synovial fluid ONLY.

Alternate Specimen: Synovial fluid ONLY.

Specimen Container: Green-top (heparin) tube (preferred) or lavender-top (EDTA) tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL (green or lavender)

Specimen Stability: Unstable�2 days (48 hours)�Unstable

Specimen Required: Synovial fluid IN LAV TOP

Alternate Specimen: Synovial fluid in Green-top or Plastic vial

Specimen Container: Synovial fluid IN LAV TOP

Specimen Volume: 3mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated (2-8� C): 48 hours �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: CSF in clear plastic tube

Alternate Specimen: n/a

Specimen Container: CSF in clear plastic tube

Specimen Volume: 3ml

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated (2-8� C): 48 hours �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: Synovial fluid ONLY.

Alternate Specimen: Synovial fluid ONLY.

Specimen Container: Green-top (heparin) tube (preferred) or lavender-top (EDTA) tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL (green or lavender)

Specimen Stability: Unstable�2 days (48 hours)�Unstable

Specimen Required: Cerebrospinal fluid

Alternate Specimen: Sterile, capped tubes

Specimen Container: Sterile, capped tubes

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Refrigerated

Specimen Required: Whole blood

Alternate Specimen: Whole blood

Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube AND yellow-top (ACD-A) or (ACD-B) tube

Specimen Volume: Fill tube(s) to capacity.

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: 10 mL (x2) whole blood collected in a CellSave� Preservative Tube

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: 2 Cell Save Perservative Tubes

Specimen Volume: 2 x 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 days �Refrigerated: Unacceptable �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: 10 mL (x2) whole blood collected in a CellSave Preservative Tube

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: 2 Cell Save Perservative Tubes

Specimen Volume: 2 x 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 days �Refrigerated: Unacceptable �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: Whole Blood

Alternate Specimen: Whole Blood

Specimen Container: CellSave tubes in Circulating Tumor Cell Collection Kit (Supply T630). Available through Mayo medical.

Specimen Volume: Two 10-mL tubes

Specimen Stability: 4 days�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum from SST tube

Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel

Specimen Container: Plastic Screw Cap Vial

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 28 days Refrigerated: 28 days �Frozen: 1 year

Specimen Required: Whole blood

Alternate Specimen: Green-top (sodium heparin) tube: submit original tube

Specimen Container: Green-top (sodium heparin) tube: submit original tube

Specimen Volume: 10 mL

Specimen Stability: Maintain specimen at room temperature

Specimen Required: Serum or plasma

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum collected in a no additive, trace metal-free (dark royal blue-top) tube

Alternate Specimen: 1 mL plasma collected in: EDTA, trace metal-free (dark royal blue-top) tube

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap vial, acid washed and Trace metal-free

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 30 days�Refrigirated: 30 days�Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Sputum, endotracheal aspirate, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL),bronchial brushing, transbronchial biopsy, deep pharyngeal swab

Alternate Specimen: Sterile screw-cap container (preferred) or bacterial swab transport system. Label container as obtained from a CF patient.

Specimen Container: Sterile screw-cap container (preferred) or bacterial swab transport system. Label container as obtained from a CF patient.

Specimen Volume: 5 to 10 mL sputum, 10 to 50 mL lavage fluid, 5 mL bronchial washing, one swab

Specimen Stability: Refrigerate

Specimen Required: 5 mL whole blood collected in an EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Alternate Specimen: Whole blood collected in an: EDTA (royal blue-top), sodium heparin or lithium (green-top), or ACD (yellow-top) tube

Specimen Container: EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Specimen Volume: 5mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 days Refrigerated: 8 days �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: 5 mL whole blood collected in an EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Alternate Specimen: Whole blood collected in: ACD solution (yellow-top) tube or sodium heparin (green-top) tube

Specimen Container: EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Specimen Volume: 5mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 0.2

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum, Urine, Whole blood

Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, Lavender top EDTA, Sterile screw-cup container

Specimen Volume: See each component

Specimen Stability: Serum:�Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days��Whole blood:�Room Temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 5 days��Urine:�Room Temperature: 72 hours�Refrigerated: 7 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 5mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 Days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 3mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 Days

Specimen Required: 1 SST

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 5mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 5mL

Specimen Stability: Serum:�Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 72 hours �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 5mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 Days

Specimen Required: SST, LAVANDER TOP

Specimen Required: 3 SST

Alternate Specimen: RED TOP

Specimen Container: SST

Specimen Required: 1 GREY TOP,1 SST

Specimen Required: 2 SST

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: 48 hours�2 weeks�1 year

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 2

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 0.2

Specimen Stability: Room temperature

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Gel-barrier tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Refrigerated: 14 days

Specimen Required: Urine or endocervical swab

Alternate Specimen: Thin Prep endocervical swab

Specimen Container: Cobas Collection Kit (Urine or Swab)

Specimen Volume: one swab or 2.0 mL

Specimen Stability: Maintain specimen at room temperature or refrigerate (2�C to 30�C). for 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Container: RedTop Tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Not Available�Refrigerated: 30 days�Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: URINE CUP

Alternate Specimen: Urine (no preservatives): 2 mL of urine. Specimen must be transferred into the APTIMA urine transport medium within 24 hours of collection and before being assayed.

Specimen Container: APTIMA Transport Tube

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Urine in APTIMA transport medium: �Room temperature: 30 days �Refrigerated: 30 days �Frozen: 1 year ��Cervical/vaginal swabs in APTIMA transport: �Room temperature: 60 days �Refrigerated: 60 days �Frozen: 1 year ��Urethral swabs in APTIMA transport: �Room temperature: 60 days �Refrigerated: 60 days �Frozen: 6 months

Specimen Required: Rectal specimen collected with APTIMA(R) unisex collection swab and submitted in the APTIMA(R) swab specimen transport tube

Alternate Specimen: Rectal specimen collected with APTIMA(R) unisex collection swab and submitted in the APTIMA(R) swab specimen transport tube

Specimen Container: Gen-Probe(R) APTIMA(R) swab specimen transport tube

Specimen Volume: One swab (rectal)

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Pharyngeal specimen collected with APTIMA(R) unisex collection swab and submitted in the APTIMA(R) swab specimen transport tube

Alternate Specimen: Pharyngeal specimen collected with APTIMA(R) unisex collection swab and submitted in the APTIMA(R) swab specimen transport tube

Specimen Container: Gen-Probe(R) APTIMA(R) swab specimen transport tube

Specimen Volume: One swab (pharyngeal)

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: 10 mL aliquot of a 24-hour urine collected in a no preservative plastic urine container

Alternate Specimen: Urine preserved with boric acid � Urine preserved with acetic acid � Urinalysis transport tube (yellow-top, blue fill line, preservative tube)

Specimen Container: Plastic urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: Indefinite �Refrigerated: Indefinite �Frozen(-20 degrees C):Indefinite

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day Refrigerated: 5 days Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: 3 mL serum collected in a red-top tube (no gel)

Alternate Specimen: 3 mL plasma from Green top sodium heparin

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap vial

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 1 year

Specimen Required: Serum or plasma

Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube, or green-top (heparin) tube. Do not use a gel-barrier tube.

Specimen Container: Red-top tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube, or green-top (heparin) tube. Do not use a gel-barrier tube.

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 2ML

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 48 Hours�Refrigerated: 7 Days�Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 0.5

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 0.5

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days

Specimen Required: 1 LAVENDER, 1 SST

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 5 days Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum (preferred) OR plasma

Alternate Specimen: Gel-barrier tube, transport tube, green-top (heparin) tube, OR lavender-top (EDTA) tube

Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube, transport tube, green-top (heparin) tube, OR lavender-top (EDTA) tube

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Freeze 14 days�Room 3 days �Refrigerator 14 days

Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAV

Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAV, 1 BLACK AND YELLOW

Specimen Required: 1 BLK AN YELLOW,1 LAVENDER,1SST

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum from Ret top, No gel tube

Alternate Specimen: No alternatives

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap vial

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Unacceptable Refrigerated: Unacceptable Frozen: 90 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: Plasma AND whole blood

Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube AND transport tube marked "plasma"

Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube AND transport tube marked "plasma"

Specimen Volume: 2 mL plasma AND 5 mL whole blood

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: Unstable

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: 2 mL of a 24 hour urine collected in an acid-washed, metal free, leakproof container.

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Acid-washed, metal free, leak proof container.

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Whole Blood

Alternate Specimen: Whole Blood

Specimen Container: Royal blue-top (EDTA) tube

Specimen Volume: 2 mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Royal Blue Purple(EDTA) Tube

Alternate Specimen: Plasma

Specimen Container: Royal blue-top (EDTA) Tube

Specimen Volume: 3 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature:14 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Urine (random)

Alternate Specimen: Plastic urine container, no preservative

Specimen Container: Plastic urine container, no preservative

Specimen Volume: 5 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 14 days

Specimen Required: Bone marrow, blood (>4% blasts required; see Collection), lymph node, spleen, bone core, or effusion

Alternate Specimen: Bone marrow or peripheral blood in pediatric green-stopper (sodium heparin) tube; lymph node, spleen, bone core, or effusion in lymph node transport bottle

Specimen Container: Bone marrow or peripheral blood in pediatric green-stopper (sodium heparin) tube; lymph node, spleen, bone core, or effusion in lymph node transport bottle

Specimen Volume: 2 mL bone marrow, 3 mL peripheral blood, or 0.5-1 cm3 tissue

Specimen Stability: Room temperature

Specimen Required: Serum, FROZEN

Alternate Specimen: "Serum, FROZEN"

Specimen Container: gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

Specimen Stability: Frozen 14 days

Specimen Required: 2 x 3 mm product of conception tissue in transport media.

Alternate Specimen: No alernative specimen

Specimen Container: 2 x 3 mm product of conception tissue in transport media

Specimen Volume: 2x3 mm

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature and Refrigerated: See Instructions �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: 10mL (X2) Amniotic Fluid submitted in a Genetics Transport Pack OR 10mg Chorionic villus sampling submitted in transport media.

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Genetics Transport pack.

Specimen Volume: 10mL(x2)

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature and Refrigerated: See Instructions �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: 23 mL amniotic fluid

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile, nontoxic, centrifuge tubes

Specimen Volume: 23mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours Refrigerated: Not recommended Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: Whole blood

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Green Top (sodium heparin) Tube

Specimen Volume: 5

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Not Available�Refrigerated: Not Available�Frozen: Not Available

Specimen Required: Whole Blood

Alternate Specimen: Geen Top

Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)

Specimen Volume: 4 mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: 2 SST

Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAV

Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 RED

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube

Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 1.5

Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days

Specimen Required: 1 gram of random stool submitted in a sterile leak proof container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile leak proof container

Specimen Volume: 1gram

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Unacceptable Refrigerated: 2 Weeks �Frozen: 1 Month

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: 5 SST, 1 RED , 3 LAV, 2BL LIGHT

Specimen Required: 5 SST, 2 LAV, 1 ROYAL B RED, 1 GREEN LITHIUM

Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAV

Specimen Required: Urine (24-hour), ACIDIFIED OR FROZEN

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Plastic LabCorp 24-hour urine container with 30 mL 6N HCl preservative (LabCorp No. 21584)

Specimen Volume: 10 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 14 days.

Specimen Required: Urine (24-hour), ACIDIFIED OR FROZEN

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Plastic LabCorp 24-hour urine container with 30 mL 6N HCl preservative (LabCorp No. 21584)

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Freeze 14 days�Room 14 days �Refrigerator 14 days

Specimen Required: 10 mL aliquot of 24-hour urine collection - no preservative

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen available

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature 24 hours �Refrigerated 1 week �Frozen 7 weeks

Specimen Required: "Urine (24-hour), ACIDIFIED OR FROZEN"

Alternate Specimen: "Urine (24-hour), ACIDIFIED OR FROZEN"

Specimen Container: Plastic LabCorp 24-hour urine container with 30 mL 6N HCl preservative (LabCorp No. 21584)

Specimen Volume: 10 mL aliquot

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: 5 mL whole blood collected in an EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Alternate Specimen: ACD solution B (yellow-top) � EDTA (royal blue-top) � Sodium heparin (green-top)

Specimen Container: EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Specimen Volume: 5mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 days�Refrigerated: 8 days�Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 14 Days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum, FROZEN

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Red Top Tube

Specimen Volume: 2

Specimen Stability: FROZEN 14 days

Specimen Required: 1 mL FROZEN serum from a no additive red-top

Alternate Specimen: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap vial

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: unacceptable�Refrigerated: unacceptable�Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 3

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 14 days Frozen: 90 days

Specimen Required: 10 mL urine submitted in a plastic, leak-proof urine container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum OR plasma

Alternate Specimen: Serum OR plasma

Specimen Container: Red-top tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube OR green-top (heparin) tube. DO NOT USE A GEL-BARRIER TUBE. The use of gel-barrier tubes is not recommended due to slow absorption of the drug by the gel. Depending on the specimen volume and storage time, the decrease in drug level due to absorption may be clinically significant.

Specimen Volume: 4 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 14 days Frozen: 90 days

Specimen Required: 10 mL urine submitted in a plastic, leak-proof urine container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: 2 mL serum from Red top, No gel

Alternate Specimen: Plasma from EDTA (lavender-top or pink-top)

Specimen Container: Red top, No gel

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 30 days �Refrigerated: 30 days �Frozen: 2 years

Specimen Required: Serum or plasma

Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube or green-top (heparin) tube. Gel-barrier tubes are not recommended.

Specimen Container: Red-top tube or green-top (heparin) tube. Gel-barrier tubes are not recommended.

Specimen Volume: 5 mL

Specimen Stability: Refrigerated 14

Specimen Required: Stool unformed

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile, leak-proof container w/o media, preservative, or metal ion.

Specimen Volume: 5

Specimen Stability: Specimen should be kept at 2�C to 8�C and transported to the laboratory within 24 hours of collection. Do not freeze.

Specimen Required: Stool or proctoscopic specimen

Alternate Specimen: Stool or proctoscopic specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile screw-cap container or stool transport vial (Para-Pak(R) white clean vial), no preservative

Specimen Volume: 5 g

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Stool (unformed)

Alternate Specimen: Stool (unformed)

Specimen Container: Sterile screw-cap container or stool transport without preservatives (Para-Pak(R) white clean vial). Cool Whip containers, denture cups, or other similar containers often leak or even explode during transport and may be rejected by the laboratory.

Specimen Volume: 5 g

Specimen Stability: 24 hours Stability determined by manufacturer or literature reference�5 days Stability determined by manufacturer or literature reference�Not Available

Specimen Required: STOOL

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile, leak-proof container w/o media, preservative, or metal ion.

Specimen Volume: 5grams

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 Hours Refrigerated : 72 Hours �Frozen: 30 Days

Specimen Required: Stool

Alternate Specimen: No alternaive specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile, leak-proof container w/o media, preservative, or metal ion.

Specimen Volume: 5gram

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 Hours�Refrigerated : 72 Hours�Frozen: 30 Days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14

Specimen Required: Serum OR plasma

Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube, Green-top (heparin) tube

Specimen Container: Red-top tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 3

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day�Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 4mL

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 4 Days

Specimen Required: SST, LAVANDER TOP

Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, Lavender top EDTA

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Serum�Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days��Whole blood:�Room Temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 3 days

Specimen Required: SST

Specimen Required: Serum, Whole blood

Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, Lavender top EDTA

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Serum:�Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days��Whole blood:�Room temperature: 48 hours�Refrigerated: 5 days

Specimen Required: SST, LAVANDER TOP

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel

Specimen Container: Serum separator tube

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: 1SST, 1 LAVENDER

Specimen Required: SST, LAVANDER TOP, URINE

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator tube

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 days�Refrigerated: 7 days�Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: 2 SST, 2 BLUE, 1 LAV

Specimen Container: Light blue top, Serum separator tube, Lavender top EDTA

Specimen Stability: See each component

Specimen Required: 2 SST, 2 BL LIGHT

Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAV, L BL LT

Specimen Required: Serum, Plasma

Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, Light blue top

Specimen Stability: Serum:�Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days��Plasma:�Room temperature: Unacceptable �Refrigerated: Unacceptable �Frozen -20� C: 14 days �Frozen -70� C: 1 year

Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAV TOP, 5 BLUE LIGHT

Specimen Required: Urine (random or 24-hour)

Alternate Specimen: Plastic urine container, no preservative

Specimen Container: Plastic urine container, no preservative

Specimen Volume: 5 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 14 days

Specimen Required: 7 mL aliquot of a well-mixed 24-hour urine collected in an acid-washed or metal-free container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Acid-washed plastic urine container

Specimen Volume: 7 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours�Refrigerated: 5 days�Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: 7 mL random urine collected in acid-washed or metal- free container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Acid washed plastic urine container

Specimen Volume: 7mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 5 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Plasma

Alternate Specimen: Plasma

Specimen Container: Royal blue-top (EDTA) tube

Specimen Volume: 2 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: 3 mL oral fluid collected in Quntisal collection device

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Quantisal collection device

Specimen Volume: 3mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days with swab removed

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 7

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 90 days

Specimen Required: 10 mL urine submitted in a plastic, leak-proof urine container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: 10 mL urine submitted in a plastic, leak-proof urine container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Serum Separator (Gel) Tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

Specimen Stability: 2 days�2 weeks�1 year

Specimen Required: CSF

Alternate Specimen: CSF

Specimen Container: Sterile container

Specimen Volume: 1.0 mL

Specimen Stability: 48 hours�2 weeks�1 year

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 0.2

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�3 months

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 14 days Frozen: 90 days

Specimen Required: 10 mL urine submitted in a plastic, leak-proof urine container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: "Serum, PROTECTED FROM LIGHT"

Alternate Specimen: "Serum, PROTECTED FROM LIGHT"

Specimen Container: Serum gel-barrier tube or red-top tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

Specimen Stability: 3 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Sepeaator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum from SST tube

Alternate Specimen: Green top sodium heparin, Lavender, Red top, No gel

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 28 days Refrigerated: 28 days �Frozen: 1 year

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: 2 mL of an unpreserved 24-hour urine collected in a plastic, leak-proof urine container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 5 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: Urine

Specimen Container: Urine

Specimen Volume: 20 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: 20 mL unpreserved urine from second morning void

Alternate Specimen: Unpreserved random urine, unpreserved catheterized, or unpreserved first morning void clean catch

Specimen Container: Sterile, screw-cap container

Specimen Volume: 20mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 5 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Specimen Container: Serum in a transfer tube collected from a Red Top Tube, No Gel

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 16 Hours�Refrigerated : 72 Hours�Frozen: 90 Days

Specimen Required: Serum, FROZEN

Alternate Specimen: "Serum, FROZEN"

Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

Specimen Stability: 1 day�14 days�2 years

Specimen Required: 3 mL FROZEN serum from a no additive red top tube or SST tube.

Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 3mL

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 72 hours �Refrigerated: 30 days �Frozen: 1 year

Specimen Required: Tissue Paraffin Bloc

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissue block

Specimen Volume: 5mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 years Refrigerated: 5 years �Frozen: Unacceptable

Specimen Required: "Plasma, FROZEN"

Alternate Specimen: "Plasma, FROZEN"

Specimen Container: 4-mL BD(R) purple-top (K2 EDTA) tube. Collect six tubes of whole blood in accordance with the collection procedure specified below.

Specimen Volume: Two plastic transport tubes (containing at least 3.5 mL each) of frozen plasma

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 0.2

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: 1 SST, 3 LAV, 1 RED, 1 BLUE LIGHT, 1 BLACK YELLOW

Specimen Required: 2 SST , 1 LAV

Specimen Volume: 5

Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAVENDER

Specimen Required: 1 SST,1LAVENDER

Specimen Required: 1 SST , 1 LAV, 1 URINE

Specimen Required: 1lavender, 1 sst

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 60 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 60 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 60 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Container: Red Top Tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Red-top tube OR gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 2 mL

Specimen Stability: 12 days�12 days�12 days

Specimen Required: "Plasma (EDTA) with Futhan, FROZEN"

Alternate Specimen: "Plasma (EDTA) with Futhan, FROZEN"

Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: 24 hours�6 hours�14 days

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum from SST tube

Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel

Specimen Container: Transport tube

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 2 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: "Plasma,(EDTA) FROZEN"

Alternate Specimen: "Plasma,(EDTA) FROZEN"

Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube

Specimen Volume: .5mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum from SST tube

Alternate Specimen: 1 mL plasma from an EDTA lavender top tube OR plasma from a white top PPT potassium EDTA white tope tube OR 1 mL serum from a SST (Serum Separator Top tube).

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap vial

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum from SST tube

Alternate Specimen: Plasma collected in an EDTA (lavender-top) or PPT potassium EDTA (white-top) tube

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap vial

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 21 days

Specimen Required: 1 mL serum from SST tube

Alternate Specimen: Plasma collected in: an EDTA (lavender-top) or PPT potassium EDTA (white-top) tube

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap vial

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 1

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 2 days �Refrigerated: 2 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: Serum, Whole blood

Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, Lavender top EDTA

Specimen Volume: 4mL

Specimen Stability: Serum:�Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days��Whole blood:�Room temperature: 48 hours�Refrigerated: 5 days

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel

Specimen Container: Serum separator tube

Specimen Volume: 3mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days

Specimen Required: 1 THINPREP, 1 URINE

Specimen Required: 1 RED , 1 SST

Specimen Required: 2 SST

Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAV

Specimen Required: Stool

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: 5cc stool in each vial - 1 Formalin, 1 Cary Blair, 3 SAF vials, and 1 white-top cup (for Add-ons). May be random stool, purge, or swab.

Specimen Volume: 5 g

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 3 days

Specimen Required: Urine

Alternate Specimen: 24 hr Urine

Specimen Container: Plastic urine container

Specimen Volume: 1 ml

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: 10 mL urine submitted in a plastic, leak-proof urine container

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Sterile plastic screw cap urine container

Specimen Volume: 10mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days

Specimen Required: Serum, Whole blood

Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, Lavender top EDTA

Specimen Stability: Serum:�Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days��Whole blood:�Room temperature: 48 hours�Refrigerated: 5 days

Specimen Required: Serum, Whole blood

Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, Lavender top EDTA, Red top, No gel

Specimen Stability: Serum:�Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days��Whole blood:�Room temperature: 48 hours�Refrigerated: 5 days

Specimen Required: SST, LAV, LB

Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAVENDER, 1 BLK AND YELLOW

Specimen Required: 1 SST

Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 RED, 2 LAV, 1 BLUE LIGHT, 1 BLACK YELLOW

Specimen Required: 5 mL whole blood collected in an EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Alternate Specimen: 2 Buccal swabs

Specimen Container: Lavender top EDTA

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days Refrigerated: 30 days �Frozen: 49 days

Specimen Required: 8 mL (2 mL pediatric (0-3 years)) whole blood collected in two EDTA (lavender-top) tubes.

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen type

Specimen Container: EDTA lavender top tubes

Specimen Volume: 8mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 10 days�Refrigerated: 10 days�Frozen: unacceptable

Specimen Required: Conventional Smear

Alternate Specimen: No Alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Slide holder

Specimen Volume: 1 slide

Specimen Stability: Room Temperature

Specimen Required: Whole Blood

Alternate Specimen: Yellow Top

Specimen Container: Lavander Top Tube (EDTA)

Specimen Volume: 4 mL

Specimen Stability: N/A

Specimen Required: Whole blood

Alternate Specimen: Yellow-top tube

Specimen Container: Lavander Top Tube (EDTA)

Specimen Volume: 5mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature 1 day Refrigerated 3 days

Specimen Required: Whole blood

Alternate Specimen: Whole blood

Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or yellow-top (ACD) tube

Specimen Volume: 4 mL

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum OR plasma

Alternate Specimen: Serum OR plasma

Specimen Container: Royal blue-top (EDTA) tube OR royal blue-top without EDTA

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: Urine (random or 24-hour)

Alternate Specimen: Urine (random or 24-hour)

Specimen Container: "Plastic urine container, no preservative"

Specimen Volume: 5 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: Urine (random or 24-hour)

Alternate Specimen: Urine (random or 24-hour)

Specimen Container: "Plastic urine container, no preservative"

Specimen Volume: 5 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days

Specimen Required: ROYAL BLUE PURPLE

Alternate Specimen: Packed RBCs AND plasma

Specimen Container: Royal blue-top (EDTA) metal-free tube

Specimen Volume: 3 mL each plasma AND packed RBCs

Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Plasma from Dark Blue (Royal Blue) Top EDTA Trace Elements Tube is acceptable

Specimen Container: Dark Blue (Royal Blue) Top Serum Trace Elements Tube filled

Specimen Volume: 3.0 mL of Serum

Specimen Stability: Refrigerated (2-8�C): 7 Days

Specimen Required: 2 sst ,1 lavender

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Serum

Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 0.2 mL

Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�3 months

Specimen Required: Serum

Alternate Specimen: Red Top, No gel

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day�Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days

Specimen Required: SST

Specimen Required: Serum, FROZEN

Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Freeze 300 days�Room 3 days �Refrigerator 3 days

Specimen Required: 3 mL plasma from a sodium heparin (green top) tube

Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen

Specimen Container: Plastic screw-cap vial

Specimen Volume: 3mL

Specimen Stability: Room temp: 72 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 28 days

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube(SST)

Specimen Volume: 1mL

Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days

Specimen Required: Serum, frozen

Alternate Specimen: Red top,

Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)

Specimen Volume: 2mL

Specimen Stability: Frozen: 1 years

Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Alternate Specimen: Red Top

Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)