Shipping Instructions

Specimen should be frozen when shipped or stored for longer than 48 hours.

Specimen Required

Patient Preparation:

1. Fasting: 8 hours, preferred but not required; Collect during an episode of suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

2. Patient should not be on ticagrelor (Brilinta) as this may interfere with the assay, yielding a false-negative result.

Supplies: Sarstedt Aliquot Tube, 5 mL (T914)

Collection Container/Tube: Red top (serum gel/SST are not acceptable)

Submission Container/Tube: 13-mm x 75-mm, 5-mL, plastic vial (polypropylene preferred)

Specimen Volume: 1 mL Serum

Collection Instructions:

1. After collection, allow the specimen to sit for a minimum of 1 hour at ambient temperature to ensure it clots completely.

2. Within 48 hours of collection, centrifuge and aliquot serum into a 13-mm x 75-mm, 5-mL, polypropylene vial