Specimen Requirements

Patient Preparation:

Collect control specimen from a healthy individual unrelated to patient at approximately the same time as and under similar conditions to the patient. 

Collect:

Green (sodium heparin) (patient) AND green (sodium heparin) (control). Also acceptable: Yellow (ACD solution A) (patient) AND yellow (ACD solution A) (control). Patient and control specimens must be collected within 48 hours of test performance. 

Specimen Preparation:

Transport 10 mL whole blood (patient) AND 10 mL whole blood (control) in original collection tubes. (Min: 7 mL (patient) AND 7 mL (control)) Do not refrigerate or freeze. LIVE CELLS REQUIRED.
Infant Minimum: 3 mL whole blood (patient) AND 7 mL whole blood (control).