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HelpTest Code CARP CARDIAC PANEL, ACUTE
Specimen Type
Mint / Heparin Plasma
Gold / Serum acceptable
Specimen Collection
Collect mint or gold and fill the tube to a minimum of half full
Do not collect by fingerstick or use any microtainers
Specimen Processing
Spin down mint or gold tube within 1 hour of collection
Specimen Volume
1 ml
0.5 ml minimum
Specimen Stability
Refrigerated-24 hours
Frozen-1 week
Special Instructions
Specimens collected by fingerstick or in microtainers will be rejected
Tubes less than half full will be rejected
Performing Laboratory
Great Plains Health
Analytes Included in Cardiac Panel
HS-Troponin I
CK total
CK-MB, mass
CK-MB Index