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Aggregation
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| Performed: |
Tue
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| Reported: |
1-2 days
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| Specimen Required: |
Collect: Nine 5 mL lt. blue (sodium citrate) and one 5 mL lavender (EDTA) or pink (K2EDTA). Hemostasis/Thrombosis laboratory must be called at (801) 583-2787 extension 2151 to schedule testing before sample is drawn. (Min: Nine 5 mL lt. blue and one 5 mL lavender) Testing is limited to the University of Utah Health Sciences Center.
Transport: 45 mL whole blood (lt. blue, sodium citrate) and one 5 mL whole blood (lavender, EDTA), at 20-25°C.
Remarks: CRITICAL AMBIENT. Sample must be received within one hour of draw. Patient must be fasting. Include list of current medications and most recent platelet count.
Unacceptable Conditions: Samples more than one hour from collection. Samples that have been centrifuged or refrigerated.
Stability: Ambient: 1 hour; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable
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