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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: |
Patient Prep: Fast from midnight until specimen is drawn in a.m.
Collect: Hemostasis/Thrombosis laboratory must be called at (801) 583-2787 extension 2151 to schedule testing before sample is drawn. Lt. blue (sodium citrate) AND lavender (EDTA) or pink (K2EDTA).
Specimen Preparation: Transport 45 mL whole blood (sodium citrate) AND 5 mL whole blood (EDTA). Specimen must be received within one hour of draw.
Storage/Transport Temperature: CRITICAL AMBIENT.
Remarks: Include list of current medications and most recent platelet count.
Unacceptable Conditions: Specimens not collected at ARUP (500 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT). Specimens that have been centrifuged or refrigerated.
Stability (collection to initiation of testing): Ambient: 1 hour; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable
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