Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 0.4 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Stool
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Sterile screw-cap container
Specimen Volume: 2
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Unacceptable �Refrigerated: 48 hours �Frozen: 7 days
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 0.5mL
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: 0.5
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAV
Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAV
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
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: Freeze 14 days�Room 14 days �Refrigerator 14 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: Freeze 14 days�Room 14 days �Refrigerator 14 days
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature; 7 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Serum, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 3 hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 6 months
Specimen Required: 1 URINE CUP,2 SST, 1 LAVENDER
Specimen Required: 1 BREATH BAG KIT, 1 SST ,1 LAVENDER
Specimen Required: 1 URINE,1 LAVENDER,1 SST
Specimen Required: GREEN LITHIUM 1, 1 TAN, 1 LAVENDER
Specimen Required: 1 LITHIUM GREEN, 1 LAVENDER,1 URINE CUP
Specimen Required: 1 GREENLITHIUM,1URINE
Specimen Required: 1 LAVENDER,1 SST,
Specimen Required: 1 URINE ,1 SST,1 LAVENDER
Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1LAV,1 URINE CUP
Specimen Required: 2 SST,1 URINE
Specimen Required: 2 SST,1 LAVENDER
Specimen Required: 1 SST , 1 GREEN LITHIUM,1 URINE
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: Urine
Alternate Specimen: 24 hour Urine
Specimen Container: Sterile Urine container
Specimen Volume: 3
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 days Refrigerated: 14 days Frozen: 28 days
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: 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: URINE CUP
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 6 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 0.5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 72 hours �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: RED TOP
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 3ml
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 1 days�Refrigerated: 7 days�Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 3 ml
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 1 days�Refrigerated: 7 days�Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
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 Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
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: 0.3
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: 0.3
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �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: 5 days �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: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Container: Red Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 0.4 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Not Available�Refrigerated: Not Available�Frozen: Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Yellow Top (ACD) Tube
Specimen Container: Lavender Top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days�Refrigerated: 7 days�Frozen: Unstable
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Sterlie Urine Container
Specimen Volume: 5
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 14 Days
Specimen Required: Stool
Alternate Specimen: "10 mL aliquot of 24-hour, 48-hour, or 72-hour liquid stool specimen"
Specimen Container: Sterile Urine container
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 48 Hours
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: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
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 Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1
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: 14 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: CSF (Preferred), plasma, serum, stool, lesions, rectal swab,
Alternate Specimen: Lavender top EDTA, PPT, SST or Lesion
Specimen Container: 0.7 mL CSF submitted in a sterile, plastic, leakproof container.
Specimen Volume: 0.3 mL CSF or plasma, 0.5 g stool
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: NMR lipoprofile serum-separator tube (LabCorp item ID 60360). Other tubes should not be used as they may produce erroneous results.
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
Specimen Stability: 5 days�14 days�14 days
Specimen Required: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender top tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 48 hours Refrigerated: 48 hours �Frozen: Unacceptable
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: Urine
Specimen Container: Plastic urine container or BD urine transport tube (red/yellow)
Specimen Volume: 10 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: "Plasma, FROZEN"
Alternate Specimen: "Plasma, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Plasma from Lavender-Top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel
Specimen Container: Serum separator tube
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Container: Red-Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: up to 2 days �Refrigerated: up to 2 weeks Frozen: up to 1 month
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: Plasma
Specimen Container: Ship in a screw-cap polypropylene frozen transport tube.
Specimen Volume: 2.0 mL
Specimen Stability: UNSTABLE�7 days�90 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 Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 hours �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: 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: 4
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: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: "Red top, No gel"
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 Days
Specimen Required: 2 Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1ml
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Container: Red Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 0.5
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Red top, No gel
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 31 days
Specimen Required: Red Top Tube
Alternate Specimen: Plasma Lavender Top
Specimen Container: Red Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 14 days
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender top tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 4
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours �Refrigerated: 24 hours
Specimen Required: 2 SST, LAVANDER TOP
Alternate Specimen: RED TOP
Specimen Container: SST, LAVANDER TOP
Specimen Required: SST, LAVANDER TOP, URINE CUP
Specimen Required: Serum, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: "Serum, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube or red-top tube
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Specimen Stability: 1 day�6 days�32 months
Specimen Required: Serum, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: "Serum, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube or red-top tube
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Specimen Stability: 1 day�6 days�32 months
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: TRANSPORT TUBE
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 14 days�Room 14 days �Refrigerator 14 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: TRANSPORT TUBE
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
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: 1 day �Refrigerated: 2 days �Frozen: 6 Months�Freeze/Thaw cycle: x1
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: 14 days�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: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube
Specimen Volume: 4mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: No laternative specimen
Specimen Container: Plastic leak-proof container
Specimen Volume: 10mL
Specimen Stability: Frozen: 7 days
Specimen Required: Serum OR plasma
Alternate Specimen: Serum OR plasma
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube or green-top (heparin) tube
Specimen Volume: 0.8 mL
Specimen Stability: 3 days�7 days�14 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: SST(1)
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
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: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Serum, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: "Serum, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature 2 days�Refrigerated 2 days�Frozen 2 years
Specimen Required: "Serum (preferred) OR plasma, FROZEN"
Alternate Specimen: "Serum (preferred) OR plasma, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: "Gel-barrier tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube or green-top (heparin) tube"
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Sterile Urine Container
Specimen Volume: 5
Specimen Stability: Refrigerated: 5 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Sterile, leak-proof container
Specimen Volume: 3
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Lavender or Green top sodium heparin
Specimen Container: Red Top, No Gel
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 35 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, leak-proof container
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 days Refrigerated: 14 days
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Sterile, leak-proof container
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 days Refrigerated: 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: QuantiFERON PLUS
Alternate Specimen: The QuantiFERON(R)-TB Gold Plus collection kit contains the instructions for the collection and handling of (one each): (1) gray-top (with white ring), uncoated (nil); (2) green cap with white ring, TB1 tube; (3) yellow cap with white ring, TB2 tube; (4) purple top with white ring, mitogen-coated. A high altitude kit is also available for locations between 3350 and 6150 feet; a cap with a yellow ring differentiates the tubes
Specimen Container: Green-top (Lithium heparin) tube
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 16 hours �Refrigerated: Unacceptable �Frozen: Unacceptable
Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAV
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, 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, Whole blood, Urine
Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, Lavender top EDTA, Sterile screw-cup container
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: 3 days �Refrigerated: 7 days
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red TOP
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 4mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �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: Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen at -20�C 6 months
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 4mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 URINE
