Collect: Serum separator tube, lavender (EDTA), or pink (K2EDTA).
Specimen Preparation: Allow serum specimen to clot completely at room temperature. Transfer 1 mL serum or plasma to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube. (Min: 0.4 mL)
Storage/Transport Temperature: Frozen.
Stability (collection to initiation of testing): After separation from cells: Ambient: 2 hours; Refrigerated: 8 days; Frozen: 3 months
Reference Interval:
0.6-3.0%
Interpretive Data:
See Compliance Statement B: www.aruplab.com/CS
Note:
The reference subjects were well-controlled diabetic patients.
