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Specimen Type
Mint / Heparin Plasma
LAV / EDTA
Plasma acceptable
Specimen Collection
After specimen collection, immediately place specimen on ice
Transport to the lab within 30 minutes
Specimen Processing
Spin down mint tube within 30 minutes
Spin down lavendar tube and remove plasma from cells within 15
minutes
Specimen Volume
1 ml
0.5 ml minimum
Specimen Stability
Analyze within 30 minutes
Frozen-1 week
Performing Laboratory
Great Plains Health