Telephone

888-LAB-8082 (888-522-8082)

Email Address

info@empirecitylabs.com

Corporate Headquarters

229 49th St Brooklyn NY 11220

Laboratory

2180 SW 71st Terrace Davie FL 33317

Test Directory

Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: 3 days�7 days�14 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: 7 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 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: 7 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
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: Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen type available
Specimen Container: Sterile Urine container
Specimen Volume: 2
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: 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.
Specimen Volume: 4 mL
Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 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: 7 days �Refrigerated: 7 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: 7 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: 1 mL serum from SST tube
Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel
Specimen Container: Transport tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�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: 0.5 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 30 days�Room 5 days �Refrigerator 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: 7 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: 1RED TOP,1 URINE ,1SST
Specimen Volume: 1
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: 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: 28 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: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum (preferred) OR plasma, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: Gel Barrier Tube, PPT(TM) Tube or Lavender-Top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Container: Gel Barrier Tube, PPT(TM) Tube or Lavender-Top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 14 days
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 RED, 1 LAV
Specimen Required: Serum or plasma
Alternate Specimen: Gel-barrier tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube, or plasma preparation tube (PPT�)
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube, or plasma preparation tube (PPT�)
Specimen Volume: 2.5 mL
Specimen Stability: Frozen 6 weeks
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 6 months
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 2
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 0.8 mL
Specimen Stability: 5 days�14 days�14 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Specimen Container: Serum separator tube
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: 3 SST, LAVANDER TOP
Specimen Required: 3 SST, 3 LAV, 1 BLACK YELLOW
Specimen Required: 3 SST, 4 LAV, 1 BLUE LIGHT, 1 BLACK YELLOW
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAV, 1 RED
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAV, 1 RED
Specimen Required: 2 ROYAL BLUE PURPLE
Specimen Required: 1 LAV, 1 ROYAL BLUE RED, 2 ROYAL BLUE PURPLE
Specimen Required: 2 Royal Blue Purple
Alternate Specimen: Royal Blue Red, TAN, Green Sodium
Specimen Container: Royal Blue Purple, Lavender Top (EDTA)
Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAV, 2 ROYAL BLUE RED, 3 ROYAL BLUE PURPLE
Specimen Required: Stool
Alternate Specimen: Para Pak White
Specimen Container: Sterile Screw-Cap Vial (Para Pak(R) White clean vial) or sterile cup
Specimen Volume: 2 g (thumbnail size portion of stool), 2 mL liquid stool
Specimen Stability: Specimen should be kept refrigerated after collection and transported refrigerated to the laboratory within 24 hours. If a longer period is required, the specimen should be FROZEN at -70(degrees)C.
Specimen Required: Serum Gel Tube
Alternate Specimen: Serum Gel Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Gel Tube
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature 3 days�Refrigerated 3 days�Frozen 7 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 Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 days
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 4
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 48 hours �Frozen: unacceptable
Specimen Required: 1 LAVENDER
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube, yellow-top (ACD) tube, or LabCorp buccal swab kit
Specimen Container: Lavender top EDTA
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours�Refrigerated: 1 week �Frozen: Unacceptable
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 4
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 48 hours
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 4
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 2 days�Refrigerated: 5 days�Frozen: unacceptable
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Plastic leak-proof container
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Random Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Sterile Urine container
Specimen Volume: 30mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days�Refrigerated: 7 days�Frozen: Unacceptable
Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAV
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAV, 1 LIGHT BLUE
Specimen Required: "Plasma, FROZEN"
Alternate Specimen: "Plasma, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Blue-top (sodium citrate) tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Frozen
Specimen Required: 1 SST
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 3
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: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAV
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: 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 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 1 day,�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 days�Refrigerated: 7 days�Frozen: 30 days
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: 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: 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: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: SST, PPT tube
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 42 days
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: PPT top tube or SST
Specimen Container: 1 additional Lavender Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 42 days
Specimen Required: Serum or plasma
Alternate Specimen: PPT top tube or SST
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube,lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 2.5 ml
Specimen Stability: Freeze (preferred) or refrigerate. Stable at room temperature for 24 hours or refrigerated for six days. Stable frozen for 12 weeks.
Specimen Required: Plasma OR serum, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: Gel-barrier tube, yellow-top (ACD) tube, lavender-top (EDTA)tube or PPT.
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube, yellow-top (ACD) tube, lavender-top (EDTA)tube or PPT.
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours
Specimen Required: Plasma OR serum, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: "Plasma OR serum, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube, yellow-top (ACD) tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube or PPT.
Specimen Volume: 1.2 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: 4 SST, 2 LAV, 1 GREEN LITHIUM
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 3
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 Days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1
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: 1
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: n/a
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: n/a
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1
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: 1
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: "Red Top, No gel"
Specimen Container: 2 Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 4mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 Week
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: 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: 30 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: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 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: "Red Top, No gel"
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 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 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: Plasma or serum, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: Screw-capped polypropylene frozen transport tubes
Specimen Container: Plasma Preparation Tubes (PPT)
Specimen Volume: 3
Specimen Stability: FREEZE
Specimen Required: "Plasma (preferred) OR serum, FROZEN"
Alternate Specimen: "Plasma (preferred) OR serum, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Ship in plasma preparation tubes (PPT(TM)) or screw-capped polypropylene frozen transport tubes.
Specimen Volume: 3.0 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Plasma (preferred) OR serum, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: "Plasma (preferred) OR serum, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Ship in plasma preparation tube (PPT(TM)) OR screw-capped polyproplylene frozen transport tubes.
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: PPT top tube
Specimen Container: 1 Additional Lavender Top
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 42 days
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: Serum Seperator Tube (SST) or PPT tube
Specimen Container: Lavender top
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 42 days
Specimen Required: Serum or plasma
Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) or Plasma preparation tube (PPT)
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 3
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 6 weeks
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: Serum Seperator Tube (SST) or PPT tube
Specimen Container: Lavender top
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 42 days
Specimen Required: Serum or plasma
Alternate Specimen: Serum or plasma
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube, or plasma preparation tube (PPT(TM))
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Serum OR plasma, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA) or PPT Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 3
Specimen Stability: Freeze 3 months�Room 1 day �Refrigerator 3 days
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: 2 PPT or SST tube
Specimen Container: Lavender top (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours
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: 6SST, 3LAV 1URINE
Specimen Required: "Serum, Frozen"
Alternate Specimen: "Serum, Frozen"
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: 4 days�7 days�30 days
Specimen Required: Serum FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: Red Top,
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 Days�Refrigerated: 7 Days�Frozen: 90 Days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: N/A
Specimen Container: Red-top tube
Specimen Volume: 2.0 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 30 days�Room 7 days �Refrigerator 7 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Red Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 2ml
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days�Refrigerated: 7 days�Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Red-top tube
Specimen Volume: 5 mL
Specimen Stability: 7 days�7 days�7 days
Specimen Required: Serum, Frozen
Alternate Specimen: Gel-barrier tube
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 30 days�Room 4 days�Refrigerator 7 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube
Specimen Container: Red-top tube
Specimen Volume: 2.0 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 30 days�Room 7 days �Refrigerator 7 days
Specimen Required: "Serum, Frozen"
Alternate Specimen: "Serum, Frozen"
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: 7 days�7 days�30 days
Specimen Required: "Serum, Frozen"
Alternate Specimen: "Serum, Frozen"
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: 7 days�7 days�30 days
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Required: 2 SST
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: Plasma OR serum, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: "Plasma OR serum, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Plasma preparation tube (PPT) or screw-cap polypropylene frozen tranport tube
Specimen Volume: 2
Specimen Stability: 2 days�3 days�6 months
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top, No gel
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: Serum Seperator Tube (SST) or PPT tube
Specimen Container: Lavender top
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 42 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: No laternative specimen
Specimen Container: Red top, No gel
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Frozen
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: Yellow Top, Green Top
Specimen Container: Lavender-Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 7 mL whole blood OR LabCorp buccal swab kit
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 Days�Refrigerated: 8 days�Frozen: Unacceptable
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Yellow Top (ACD) Tube
Specimen Container: Lavender Top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Volume: 7mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: Unacceptable
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 Days
Specimen Required: 2 SST
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
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: "Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), swab, whole blood, serum, OR plasma"
Alternate Specimen: "Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), swab, whole blood, serum, OR plasma"
Specimen Container: "Sterile container (CSF), universal transport medium (swab), red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube OR yellow-top (ACD) tube"
Specimen Volume: "0.5 mL CSF; one swab; OR 1 mL whole blood, serum OR plasma serum OR plasma"
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: SST
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 3
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days�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: 5 days�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: 5 days�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: 5 days�Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: "Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or serum transfer tube"
Specimen Volume: 1.0 mL
Specimen Stability: 2 days�7 days�98 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: "Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or serum transfer tube"
Specimen Volume: 1.0 mL
Specimen Stability: 2 days�7 days�98 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Lavender top, PPT tube, Urine or CSF
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days �Frozen whole blood unacceptable
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days�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: 5 days�Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days
Specimen Required: "Plasma, FROZEN"
Alternate Specimen: "Plasma, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 4 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�7 days�90 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Serum Gel Tube
Specimen Volume: 1.0 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: "Plasma, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 5 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
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
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 2
Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 3 months�Freeze/thaw cycles Stable x3
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: SST,LAVANDER TOP
Alternate Specimen: SST, LAVANDER TOP
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube
Specimen Volume: 3 ML
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day�Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days
Specimen Required: Plasma, frozen
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Light Blue top tube
Specimen Volume: 1.5mL
Specimen Stability: Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen.
Specimen Container: 3 Green top tubes (sodium heparin)�
Specimen Volume: 3 Green top tubes (sodium heparin)�
Specimen Stability: Refrigerate at 2-8 degrees �Must reach�laboratory within 24 hours of collection. Monday-Thursday�only.
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: ACD Yellow top Tube A or B
Specimen Volume: 7mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 days �Refrigerated: 4 days �Frozen: Unacceptable
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Volume: 4
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 Days
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube; green-top (lithium heparin)tube; or gray-top (sodium fluoride) tube.
Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube; green-top (lithium heparin)tube; or gray-top (sodium fluoride) tube.
Specimen Volume: 4 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 14 days�Room 14 days �Refrigerator 14 days
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: EDTA, heparin, citrate, oxalate/fluoride (lavender-top) tube
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 5
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 6 months
Specimen Required: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 4
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 2 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: Not acceptable
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 14 days�Room 14 days �Refrigerator 14 days
Specimen Required: Lavender-Top Tube (EDTA)
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen.
Specimen Container: Lavender-Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 1 Full Tube
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Whole blood
Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 14days �Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: Plasma, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: NA
Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 4 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 90 days�Refrigerator 7 days
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 1.0
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Urine (24-hour)
Alternate Specimen: Urine (24-hour)
Specimen Container: Plastic urine container without preservative
Specimen Volume: 15 mL
Specimen Stability: 14 days�11 days�14 days
Specimen Required: Plasma, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender Top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Unstable�Refrigerated: Not Available�Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or serum gel tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top, No gel
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 0.5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Random Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Sterile Urine container
Specimen Volume: 10mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Histoplasma capsulatum Abs.
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 14 days�Refrigerator 14 days
Specimen Required: Urine (unpreserved)
Alternate Specimen: Sterile cup or sterile screw-capped vial
Specimen Container: Sterile cup or sterile screw-capped vial
Specimen Volume: 5 mL
Specimen Stability: Refrigerate 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: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel, Lavender top EDTA
Specimen Container: Serum separator tube
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours �Refrigerated: 5 days �Frozen: 30 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 �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Required: Serum OR Plasma,FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: "Serum OR Plasma,FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube OR Lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�1 month at -20 degrees C
Specimen Required: Plasma, frozen
Alternate Specimen: Plasma preparation tube (PPT�)
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 5
Specimen Stability: Freeze
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days�Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 2 LAV TOP
Specimen Required: Frozen Plasma
Alternate Specimen: "PPT top tube, Yellow top, SST"
Specimen Container: 3 additional Lavender Top Tubes
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours
Specimen Required: Lavander-Top Tube (EDTA)
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender Top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Volume: 4ml
Specimen Stability: Frozen
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: PPT (white-top) tube, CSF
Specimen Container: Lavender top Tube
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours �Refrigerated: 6 days �Frozen: 42 days
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: PPT (white-top) tube, CSF
Specimen Container: Lavender top Tube
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours �Refrigerated: 6 days �Frozen: 42 days
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: PPT top tube
Specimen Container: 1 Additional Lavender Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours �Refrigerated: 5 days �Frozen: 35 days
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: PPT top tube
Specimen Container: Lavender top (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: PPT top tube
Specimen Container: Lavender top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Volume: 3.5 ml
Specimen Stability: Freeze (preferred) or refrigerate. Stable at room temperature for 24 hours or refrigerated for six days. Stable frozen for six weeks
Specimen Required: Lavender-Top Tube (EDTA)
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender-Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours
Specimen Required: Plasma frozen
Alternate Specimen: 3 PPT Tubes
Specimen Container: 3 Lavender Top (EDTA) Tubes
Specimen Volume: 6mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Unacceptable�Refrigerated: 6 days�Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Whole blood, frozen
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 4
Specimen Stability: Freeze
Specimen Required: Plasma OR serum
Alternate Specimen: Plasma OR serum
Specimen Container: Lavender-Top (EDTA) Tube, BD SST Tube, BD Vacutainer PPT Plasma Preparation Tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 6weeks�Room 24 ours�Refrigerated 7 days
Specimen Required: Serum or plasma
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube or lavender-top (EDTA plasma) or green-top (sodium or lithium heparinized plasma) tube
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube or lavender-top (EDTA plasma) or green-top (sodium or lithium heparinized plasma) tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Refrigerate
Specimen Required: Lavender-Top (EDTA) Tube
Alternate Specimen: N/A
Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or four buccal swabs in a sealed envelope (buccal swab kit).
Specimen Volume: 7
Specimen Stability: Room t
Specimen Required: Whole blood or buccal swabs
Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or four buccal swabs in a sealed envelope (buccal swab kit). When submitting buccal swabs, please use a buccal swab kit provided by LabCorp. To obtain the buccal swab kit, please telephone 800-533-1037.
Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or four buccal swabs in a sealed envelope (buccal swab kit). When submitting buccal swabs, please use a buccal swab kit provided by LabCorp. To obtain the buccal swab kit, please telephone 800-533-1037.
Specimen Volume: 7 mL whole blood or four buccal swabs
Specimen Stability: Room temperature
Specimen Required: Whole blood or buccal swabs
Alternate Specimen: Whole blood or buccal swabs
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube(EDTA) or four (4) buccal swabs in a sealed envelope (buccal swab kit). When submitting buccal swabs please use a buccal swab kit provided by LabCorp. To obtain the buccal kit, please telephone 800-533-1037."
Specimen Volume: 7 mL whole blood or four (4) buccal swabs
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole blood OR buccal swabs
Alternate Specimen: Whole blood OR buccal swabs
Specimen Container: "Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or four buccal swabs in a sealed envelope (buccal swab kit). If submitting buccal swabs, please use the kit provided by LabCorp. To obtain the buccal swab kit or to discuss other specimen types, please telephone 800-533-1037."
Specimen Volume: 7 mL or four buccal swabs
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Yellow Top, Green Top
Specimen Container: Lavender-Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 7 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Specimen Container: 2 Sodium Heparin - Green Top
Specimen Volume: 10 mL
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Yellow Top, Green Top
Specimen Container: Lavender-Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: Adult tube
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: Adult tube
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Whole blood
Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 7 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: Yellow Top, Green Top
Specimen Container: Lavender-Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 7 mL whole blood or four (4) buccal swabs
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: Yellow Top, Green Top
Specimen Container: Lavander Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 7 mL whole blood or four (4) buccal swabs
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Yellow Top, Green Top
Specimen Container: Lavander Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 7 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: Lavender top EDTA
Specimen Container: Yellow Top B solution
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temp: 3 days �Refrigerated: Unacceptable�Frozen: Unacceptable
Specimen Required: Whole blood or buccal swabs
Alternate Specimen: Whole blood or buccal swabs
Specimen Container: "Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or four (4) buccal swabs in a sealed envelope (buccal swab kit). When submitting buccal swabs please use a buccal swab kit provided by LabCorp. To obtain the buccal kit, please telephone 800-533-1037."
Specimen Volume: 7 mL whole blood or four (4) buccal swabs
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: Yellow top
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 7 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole blood or buccal swabs
Alternate Specimen: Whole blood or buccal swabs
Specimen Container: "Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or four (4) buccal swabs in a sealed envelope (buccal swab kit). When submitting buccal swabs please use a buccal swab kit provided by LabCorp. To obtain the buccal kit, please telephone 800-533-1037."
Specimen Volume: 7 mL whole blood or four (4) buccal swabs
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Whole blood
Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 7 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
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: Urine (random)
Alternate Specimen: N/A
Specimen Container: Plastic urine container (6N HCl is optional)
Specimen Volume: 10 mL aliquot
Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 14 days
Specimen Required: Random Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Urine cup container
Specimen Volume: 10mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 10 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: Aliquot of 24 hour Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: 24 hour Urine
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 10 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 2
Specimen Stability: Freeze 3 months�Room 14 days �Refrigerator 14 days �Freeze/thaw cycles Stable x3
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: 0.5
Specimen Stability: Room temperature; 7 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; 7 days �Refrigerated: 14 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, No gel
Specimen Container: Serum separator tube
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: 2 RED,4 SST,1 ROYAL BLUE EDTA,2 LAVENDER
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Required: 1 FULL SST, 1 LAVENDER
Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 RED TOP
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 RED
Specimen Required: 1 FULL SST
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator 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: 3 mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 Days
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 RED, 24HR
Specimen Required: Serum
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 5
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: Lavender top, Green top Sodium or Lithium heparin
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room: 1 Week �Refrigerated: 2 Weeks �Frozen: Indefinitely
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 0.5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days �Refrigerated: 7 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: 7 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 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: 7 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 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: 7 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: ThinPrep
Alternate Specimen: SurePath
Specimen Container: Thin Prep Vial
Specimen Volume: 4
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 14 days Refrigerated: 21 days�Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: ThinPrep
Alternate Specimen: SurePath
Specimen Container: ThinPrep
Specimen Volume: 4mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 14 days Refrigerated: 21 days�Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: ThinPrep
Alternate Specimen: Digene cervical brushes (Virapap); Thin prep specimens;
Specimen Container: Thin Prep Vial
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 14 days Refrigerated: 21 days�Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: Cervical cells in liquid-based cytology transport
Alternate Specimen: N/A
Specimen Container: ThinPrep� vial or SurePath� vial
Specimen Volume: ThinPrep� vial or SurePath� vial
Specimen Stability: Room 14 days
Specimen Required: Cervical cells in liquid-based cytology transport
Alternate Specimen: ThinPrep(R) vial or SurePath(TM) vial
Specimen Container: ThinPrep(R) vial or SurePath(TM) vial
Specimen Volume: ThinPrep(R) vial or SurePath(TM) vial
Specimen Stability: Maintain liquid-based cytology transport specimens at room temperature. Processing must be done within 14 days of collection.
Specimen Required: Residual (preservcyt� fluid); PreserveCYT� preservative(Thin prep�)
Alternate Specimen: SurePath Vial
Specimen Container: Thin Prep Vial
Specimen Volume: 4mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 3 Months
Specimen Required: ThinPrep
Alternate Specimen: SurePath
Specimen Container: ThinPrep Vial
Specimen Volume: 4mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 14 days Refrigerated: 21 days�Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: THIN PREP
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen.
Specimen Container: Thin Prep Vial
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 3 Months
Specimen Required: Digene
Alternate Specimen: No Alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Dacron swab or anal-rectal brush collected in Digene Standard Transport Medium
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days �Refrigerated: 21 days �Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: ThinPrep
Alternate Specimen: Digene cervical brushes (Virapap); Thin prep specimens; Surepath 2mL Cell pellet fraction
Specimen Container: Thin Prep Vial
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 14 days Refrigerated: 21 days�Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAV
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAV, 1 RED
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top,
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 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: 2ml
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days�Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: Refrigerated
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 2
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or serum transfer tube
Specimen Container: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or serum transfer tube
Specimen Volume: 1.0 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 98 days�Room 2 days �Refrigerator 7 days
Specimen Required: Serum or plasma
Alternate Specimen: Serum or plasma
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube or lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Serum, Whole blood, PLasma
Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, Lavender EDTA
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Serum:�Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days��Whole blood:�Room temperature: 4 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube or red-top tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: 2 days�5 days�1 year
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Refrigerated
Specimen Required: Nasopharyngeal aspirate/wash
Alternate Specimen: Nasal wash/aspirate, submitted in UTM or M4 Transport medium
Specimen Container: VCM
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Refrigerated: 4 days�Frozen: 30 days�Specimen received in sterile container: 72 hrs
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Lavender-Top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Container: Lavender-Top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Volume: 4 mL blood
Specimen Stability: Freeze Do NOT Freeze�Room 5 days �Refrigerator 5 days
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: Yellow top, Royal Blue EDTA, Green top Sodium Heparin
Specimen Container: lavender Top
Specimen Volume: 5 ml
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 days�Refrigerated: 8 days�Frozen: Unacceptable
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Lavender top, Green Sodium or Lithium heparin
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube
Specimen Volume: 0.5mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 24 hours �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 1 year
Specimen Required: Serum or plasma
Alternate Specimen: Gel-barrier tube, red-top tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube or green-top (heparin) tube
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube, red-top tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube or green-top (heparin) tube
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 1 year�Room 24 hours �Refrigerator 2 weeks
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Random Urine
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum, plasma, or whole blood
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: 0.3 mL
Specimen Stability: Refrigerate 14 days.
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Red Top, No gel
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days �Refrigerated: 14 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: Random Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen.
Specimen Container: Sterlie Urine Container
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 daysRefrigerated : 14 days
Specimen Required: Random Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen.
Specimen Container: Plastic leak-proof container
Specimen Volume: 3
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: Frozen Plasma
Alternate Specimen: Lavender tube, Green Lithium Heparin
Specimen Container: Green top Tube Sodium Heparin
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: Unstable Refrigerated: 7 Days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: No alternative sample
Specimen Container: Light Blue Top
Specimen Volume: 14 ml
Specimen Stability: See Instructions
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top, No gel
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 31 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: Freeze 14 days�Room 7 days �Refrigerator 14 days
Specimen Required: 24 hour Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative speimen
Specimen Container: 24 hour Urine
Specimen Volume: 7mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Lavender tube, Green Sodium heparin, Gray top
Specimen Container: Red top, No gel
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: 28 days �Frozen: 28 days