Ferritin

Specimen:

Test Code

FERI

Specimen Name

Ferritin

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 48 hours, Refrigerated 7 days, Frozen 12 months

Methodology

Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay

Performed

Sunday - Saturday

Reported

1-2 days

CPT Codes

  • 82728

Components

Additional Information

Only freeze up to two times.

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