Specimen Requirements

Preferred Collection Container: EDTA pink top tube

Acceptable Collection Container: EDTA purple top tube

Collect: One 6mL EDTA pink top tube labeled appropriately.

Labeling guidelines:

Allen in-patient or out-patient with armband: Label specimen with sunquest cart printed label scanned at the bedside or hand written orange label completed at patient bedside.

Allen out-patient without armband, without plans for transfusion and surgery >3 days: Label specimen with preprinted sunquest label, chart label, or hand written label (not orange label). 

Note: If >24 hours for specimen to arrive at the lab, separate plasma from red cells and send both tubes labeled appropriately refrigerated.