Specimen Required: WHOLE BLOOD
Specimen Container: LAV TOP TUBE
Specimen Volume: 5ML
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 72 hours�Refrigerated: Unacceptable�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: 2 days �Frozen: 14 days�Freeze/Thaw cycle: x1
Specimen Required: "Serum (preferred) or plasma, FROZEN"
Alternate Specimen: "Serum (preferred) or plasma, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: "Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube or green-top (sodium heparin) tube"
Specimen Volume: 1.0 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Top
Alternate Specimen: RED TOP
Specimen Container: 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: 2 days �Frozen: 14 days�Freeze/Thaw cycle: x1
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 Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 514days �Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: 2 SST
Alternate Specimen: RED TOP
Specimen Container: SST
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Red-top tube
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�28 days
Specimen Required: "Serum OR plasma (EDTA), FROZEN"
Alternate Specimen: "Serum OR plasma (EDTA), FROZEN"
Specimen Container: "Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, OR lavender-top (EDTA) tube"
Specimen Volume: 1.0 mL
Specimen Stability: 2 days�5 days�453 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 Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 4 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: 8 Hours �Refrigerated: 2 days �Frozen: 14 days�Freeze/Thaw cycle: x1
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavender-Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen type available
Specimen Container: Urine container, leak-proof
Specimen Volume: 3
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 days Refrigerated: 14 days Frozen: 28 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, frozen
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube,No gel
Specimen Container: Red-top tube,No gel
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Specimen Stability: Frozen 1 month
Specimen Required: EDTA lavender top tube
Alternate Specimen: "Yellow top, Royal B. EDTA, Green top (Sodium or Lithium Heparin)"
Specimen Container: 1 Additional Lavender Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 5 mL whole blood
Specimen Stability: Room temp: 8 days �Refrigerated: 8 days �Frozen: ambient/refrigerated only
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Green Top Sodium Heparin
Specimen Volume: 5 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �Refrigerated: Unacceptable �Frozen: Unacceptable
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: Sterile urine cup
Specimen Container: Urine preservation kit
Specimen Volume: 50ml
Specimen Stability: Room temp: 5 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: 14 days �Refrigerated: 14 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: 14 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Serum, Whole blood, Urine
Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, Lavender top EDTA, Sterile 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: 3 days �Refrigerated: 7 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: Freeze 1 year�Room 48 hours �Refrigerator 2 weeks
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 2 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen type available
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: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top Tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 2
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: 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: 0.9mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 Days�Refrigerated: 7 Days�Frozen: 2 Years
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 1.5 mL
Specimen Stability: 7 days�7 days�14 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red top
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days�Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 15 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube or red-top tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�Unstable
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Specimen Container: Sodium Heparin - Green Top
Specimen Volume: 5 mL
Specimen Required: Frozen Serum
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen type available
Specimen Container: Serum in a transfer tube collected from a Red Top Tube, No Gel
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: unacceptable Refrigerated:Unacceptable Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube (two tubes, 1.5 mL each tube)
Specimen Volume: 3mL
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 (two tubes, 1.5 mL each tube)
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 14 days�Room 14 days �Refrigerator 14 days
Specimen Required: Urine (random or 24-hour)
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: 24 hour acid-washed or metal-free container
Specimen Volume: 7ML
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: Serum OR plasma
Alternate Specimen: Serum OR plasma
Specimen Container: Royal blue-top (EDTA) metal-free tube
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: 3 SST, 3 LAV, 1 RED, 1 ROYAL BLUE RED, 1 GREEN LITHIUM, 1 URINE
Specimen Required: 4 SST, 2 LAV
Specimen Required: 3 SST, 3 LAV, 1 RED, 1 ROYAL BLUE RED, 1 GREEN LITHIUM, 1 URINE
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 2 LAV, 1 RED, 1RB EDTA, SWAB
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: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: 14 days�14 days�14 days
Specimen Required: Serum, Aptima swab, ThinPrep
Alternate Specimen: Urine for GC/Chlamydia and Trichomonas
Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, ThinPrep, Aptima swan (orange, white label or unisex)
Specimen Volume: see each component
Specimen Stability: Aptima:�Room temperature: 3 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 6 months��Serum:�Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: ThinPrep, Yellow Aptima
Alternate Specimen: SurePath Kit, Random Urine
Specimen Container: ThinPrep kit, Yellow Aptima
Specimen Volume: See each component
Specimen Required: Thin Prep
Specimen Required: TninPrep
Alternate Specimen: SurePath Kit
Specimen Container: ThinPrep kit
Specimen Volume: 15
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 14 days Refrigerated: 21 days�Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: ThinPrep
Alternate Specimen: SurePath Kit
Specimen Container: ThinPrep kit
Specimen Volume: 15 mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 14 days Refrigerated: 21 days�Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: ThinPrep, Orange Aptima
Specimen Container: Vaginal swab in APTIMA White/orange, ThinPrep
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: URINE
Alternate Specimen: Thin Prep
Specimen Container: URINE CUP
Specimen Required: THIN PREP
Specimen Required: THIN PREP
Specimen Volume: 50
Specimen Required: THIN PREP
Specimen Required: ThinPrep
Alternate Specimen: SurePath Kit
Specimen Container: ThinPrep kit
Specimen Volume: 15 mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 14 days Refrigerated: 21 days�Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: Thin Prep
Alternate Specimen: SurePath Kit
Specimen Container: ThinPrep kit
Specimen Volume: 15 mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 14 days Refrigerated: 21 days�Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: Serum, Aptima swab, ThinPrep
Alternate Specimen: Urine for GC/Chlamydia and Trichomonas
Specimen Container: Serum separator tube, ThinPrep, Aptima swan (orange, white label or unisex)
Specimen Volume: see each component
Specimen Stability: Aptima:�Room temperature: 3 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 6 months��Serum:�Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: URINE CUP
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Container: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature 1 day�Refrigerated 8 days�Frozen unstable
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen type available
Specimen Container: Lavender Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours �Refrigerated: 5 days �Frozen: Unacceptable
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAV, 1 E-SWAB, 1 URINE
Specimen Required: 1 SST,1 LAVENDER
Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 LAVENDER
Specimen Required: 1LAVENDER, 1SST
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 2 LAVENDER, 1 RED
Specimen Required: 2 LAVENDER
Specimen Required: 1 LAVENDER, 1 SST,1 RED
Specimen Required: SWAB
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen type available
Specimen Container: Swab
Specimen Volume: 1 swab
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 72 hours
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: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen type available
Specimen Container: Light Blue 3.2 % citrate
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temp: 4 hours Refrigerated: 4 hours �Frozen: 1 month
Specimen Required: 2 LIGHT BLUE , PLASMA FROZEN
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: Plasma
Specimen Container: Blue-top (sodium citrate) tube
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: 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: 0.2
Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 3 months�Freeze/thaw cycles Stable x3
Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 ROYAL BLUE RED
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 or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 3 mL (two tubes, 1.5 mL each tube)
Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 14 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube
Specimen Container: Gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 5 mL
Specimen Stability: Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 3 years
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: 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
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: SST
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 Days�Refrigerated: 7 Days�Frozen: 4 years
Specimen Required: 2 FULL SST
Alternate Specimen: NONE
Specimen Container: SST
Specimen Volume: 8 mL
Specimen Stability: SEE INDIVIDUAL TEST
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel
Specimen Container: Serum separator tube
Specimen Volume: 2.5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 6 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: 1
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: 3 SST, LAV Top Tnbe (EDTA)
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST) , LAV Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Required: 1 URINE,1SST
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 3mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 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: 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 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: 3
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �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: 28 days�
Specimen Required: SST
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 4mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 Days
Specimen Required: Serum (preferred) or plasma
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, OR green-top (lithium heparin) tube. Do NOT use oxalate, EDTA, or citrate plasma.
Specimen Container: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, OR green-top (lithium heparin) tube. Do NOT use oxalate, EDTA, or citrate plasma.
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 14 days�Room 14 days �Refrigerator 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: 7 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: NA
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 0.8 mL
Specimen Stability: Refrigerate Stability: Refrigerated up to 3 days Frozen up to 1 month Freeze/Thaw: x1
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red top,
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 48 hours �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: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 0.8 mL
Specimen Stability: Freeze 14 days�Room 7 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: 6 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 RED
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAV , 1 YELLOW TOP
Specimen Required: Tick
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen type available
Specimen Container: Sterile, leak-proof container
Specimen Volume: 1 Tick
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 1 month
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: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: CSF
Specimen Container: Gray top tupe
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 3 months
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: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Royal blue-top (EDTA) metal-free tube
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 30 days�Refrigerated: 30 days�Frozen (-20 �C): 30 days
Specimen Required: Plamsa, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Light blue top
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: 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: 8 hours Refrigerated: 15 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: 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
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 hours Refrigerated: 15 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: Serum or Plasma
Alternate Specimen: Serum or Plasma
Specimen Container: Royal blue-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: 1 SST, 1 GREEN LITHIUM
Specimen Required: "Urine, random, FROZEN"
Alternate Specimen: "Urine, random, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Plastic urine bottle
Specimen Volume: 1.0 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Lavender Top, Grey top, Green Lithium Heparin
Specimen Container: Red Top Tube, No Gel tube
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum or plasma
Alternate Specimen: Serum or plasma
Specimen Container: Red-stopper tube or green-stopper (heparin) tube. Do not use a serum-separator tube, the use of serum-separator 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: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Refrigerate
Specimen Required: Serum or plasma
Alternate Specimen: Green Lithium Heparin
Specimen Container: Red Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 5 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum or plasma
Alternate Specimen: Red-top tube or green-top (heparin) tube. Do not use a gel-barrier tube.
Specimen Container: Red-top 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
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 or Plasma
Alternate Specimen: Green Top (Heparin) Tube, Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Container: Red Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 0.5
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 7 days�Frozen: 4 weeks
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavander Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 Days
Specimen Required: Total Volume
Alternate Specimen: No alternative sample
Specimen Container: 24 hr urine container
Specimen Volume: Total Volume
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: 0.5 mL
Specimen Stability: N/A
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum Separator Tube
Specimen Container: Red Top Tube, No Gel
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 4 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: 8 Hours�Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days�Freeze/Thaw cycle: x3
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
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 8 Hours�Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days�Freeze/Thaw cycle: x3
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: 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: 14 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Whole blood
Specimen Container: Green-top (sodium heparin) tube or lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 8 mL adult; 5 mL pediatric
Specimen Stability: Not Available�14 days�Unstable
Specimen Required: whole blood
Specimen Container: 1 Additional Lavender Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube, yellow-top (ACD) tube, green-top (heparin) tube, or LabCorp buccal swab (from kit)
Specimen Container: Lavander Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 28 days �Refrigerated: 28 days�Frozen: Unacceptable
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 0.8 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: 1 ROYAL BLUE EDTA,1 ROYAL BLUE SERUM , 1 LAV
Specimen Required: Serum, plasma, or whole blood
Alternate Specimen: Do not use a gel-barrier tube.
Specimen Container: Red-top tube, lavender-top (EDTA) tube, or green-top (heparin) tube.
Specimen Volume: 0.5mL
Specimen Stability: Refrigerate 14 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Lavender top EDTA
Specimen Container: Red top, No gel
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 14 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen (-20 �C): 11 months
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 type available
Specimen Container: Sterile, leak-proof container
Specimen Volume: 3
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 days Refrigerated : 14 days Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Plasma
Alternate Specimen: Lavender Top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Container: Lavender Top (EDTA) Tube
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: Not Available�21 days�21 days at -20 degrees C
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: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 90 days
Specimen Required: Serum or plasma
Alternate Specimen: lavender-top (EDTA) tube, or green-top (heparin) tube. Do not use a gel-barrier tube.
Specimen Container: Red-top tube
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature 14 days�Refrigerated 14 days�Frozen 14 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red top
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator 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: 14 Days
Specimen Required: 3 SST, 2 LAV
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: 1 URINE
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel
Specimen Container: Serum Seperator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temp: 7 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Red top, Lav top
Specimen Container: Serum separator tube
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Undetermined�Refrigerated: Undetermined�Frozen: Undetermined
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 0.2 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: Aptima transport tube,Thin Prep, Orange aptima
Specimen Container: Urine Cup
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Urine �Room temperature: 30 days �Refrigerated: 30 days �Frozen: 6 months �Swab �Room temperature: 60 days �Refrigerated: 60 days �Frozen: 6 months
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: Aptima transport tube,Thin Prep, Orange aptima
Specimen Container: Sterile Urine Container
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Urine �Room temperature: 30 days �Refrigerated: 30 days �Frozen: 6 months �Swab �Room temperature: 60 days �Refrigerated: 60 days �Frozen: 6 months
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: Unisex specimen collection kit or Random urine in Aptima
Specimen Container: Sterile Urine container
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 30 days
Specimen Required: Urine
Alternate Specimen: N/A
Specimen Container: Urine container
Specimen Volume: 30 mL
Specimen Stability: Refrigerate 7 days
Specimen Required: Random Urine
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen type available
Specimen Container: Urine container, leak-proof
Specimen Volume: 20 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 14 days �Refrigerated: 14 days �Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Lavender Top EDTA
Specimen Container: Red Top, No gel
Specimen Volume: 5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 24 hours�Refrigerated: 30 days�Frozen: 90 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: Plasma (lithium-heparin) FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Green top (lithium-heparin) tube
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: Not available�Refrigerated: 24 hours�Frozen: 12 months
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: 1 SST, 1 LAV, 1 RED
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAV, 1 RED
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum separator tube
Specimen Container: Red Top,
Specimen Volume: 0.5mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 2 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 1 year
Specimen Required: Whole Blood
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: Lavander Top Tube (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 1mL
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 48 Hours
Specimen Required: Serum, FROZEN
Alternate Specimen: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Container: Red Top Tube
Specimen Volume: 1
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Serum or lasma
Alternate Specimen: Lavender Top (EDTA) Tube, Green Top (heparin) tube
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 0.7 mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 days�Refrigerated: 14 days�Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: "Plasma, FROZEN"
Alternate Specimen: "Plasma, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: PREFERRED: Frozen plasma from green-top (sodium heparin) tube. frozen plasma from lavender-top (EDTA) tube OR frozen ACCEPTABLE: Frozen plasma from lavender-top (EDTA) tube or frozen plasma from PPT(TM). Frozen serum from serum separator tube (SST) or frozen serum from red-top tube will not be rejected. NOTE: Plasma reference ranges will be applied to all specimen types.
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
Specimen Stability: Unstable�Unstable�14 days
Specimen Required: Serum (preferred) or plasma
Alternate Specimen: Serum Separator Tube (SST),Green Top (lithium 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: Serum
Specimen Container: Red-top tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�Not Available
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red Top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 6 days �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 28 days
Specimen Required: Serum
Alternate Specimen: Serum
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 0.8 mL
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: 8 Hours�Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 30 days�Freeze/Thaw cycle: x1
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel
Specimen Container: Serum separator tube
Specimen Volume: 5
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 1 day �Refrigerated: 7 days �Frozen: 14 days
Specimen Required: SST
Alternate Specimen: Red top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 4
Specimen Stability: Room Temperature: 7 Days
Specimen Required: 2 SST, 1 LAVANDER TOP, URINE CUP
Alternate Specimen: No alternative specimen
Specimen Container: SST, RED TOP, LAVANDER TOP, URINE CUP
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
Specimen Required: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Alternate Specimen: Red top
Specimen Container: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 7 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: Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Specimen Required: "Serum, FROZEN"
Alternate Specimen: "Serum, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Stability: Not Available�Not Available�9 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
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: 0.5mL
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
Alternate Specimen: Red top, No gel
Specimen Container: Serum Separator tube
Specimen Volume: 2mL
Specimen Stability: Room temperature: 28 days�Refrigerated: 28 days �Frozen: 1 year
Specimen Required: Plasma
Specimen Container: Lavender (EDTA), or pink (K2EDTA).
Specimen Volume: 3 ml
Specimen Stability: Ambient: Unacceptable�Refrigerated: 1 week�Frozen: 1 year
Specimen Required: "Plasma, FROZEN"
Alternate Specimen: "Plasma, FROZEN"
Specimen Container: PREFERRED: Frozen plasma from green-top (sodium heparin) tube. frozen plasma from lavender-top (EDTA) tube OR frozen ACCEPTABLE: Frozen plasma from lavender-top (EDTA) tube or frozen plasma from PPT(TM). Frozen serum from serum separator tube (SST) or frozen serum from red-top tube will not be rejected. NOTE: Plasma reference ranges will be applied to all specimen types.
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
Specimen Stability: Unstable�Unstable�14 days
