- FE
Iron
Specimen:
Test Code
FE
Specimen Name
Iron
Collect
1-SST SERUM ONLY
Submit
1 mL (Min: 0.5 mL) Serum Refrigerated
Special Handling
Specimen must be completely spun with in one hour of collection. If no gel seperator serum or plasma must be removed from cells and stored in a specimen transport tube.
Rejection Criteria
Grossly hemolyzed, lipemic, icteric specimens
Stability
Ambient 7 days, Refrigerated 3 weeks, Frozen 1+ year
Methodology
Colorimetric, Photometric Method
Performed
Sunday - Saturday
Reported
1-2 days
CPT Codes
- 83540
Components
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