- YCH50
Complement, Total
Specimen:
Test Code
YCH50
Specimen Name
Complement, Total
Collect
1-Plain Red Top
Submit
1 mL (Min: 0.5 mL) Serum CRITICAL FROZEN
Special Handling
Allow specimen to clot for one hour at room temperature. Separate serum from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. Transfer 1 mL serum to a standard transport tube.
Rejection Criteria
Separator tubes. Specimens left to clot at 2-8 degrees C. Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles. Non-frozen specimens. Grossly hemolyzed or severely lipemic specimens.
Stability
Ambient Unacceptable; Refrigerated Unacceptable; Frozen 1 month
Methodology
Quantitative Immunoturbidimetry
Performed
Sunday - Saturday
Reported
3-4 days
CPT Codes
- 86162
Components
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