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Test Code ALBUMIN Albumin

Specimen Requirements

Container/Tube: GRN/RED
Preferred: Plasma
Acceptable: Serum
Specimen Volume: 1.0 mL

SPECIMEN PROCESSING and HANDLING

Complete clot formation should take place before centrifugation. Serum or plasma should be physically separated from cells as soon as possible with a maximum limit of two hours from the time of collection.

TRANSPORT TEMPERATURE

Serum albumin should be analyzed fresh or stored at 4 °C for less than 72 hours. Albumin is stable frozen at -20 °C for 6 months or at -70 °C indefinitely.

PERFORMING LAB

WKMC, WKB, WKP, WKS