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Test Code DBIL Direct Bilirubin

Specimen Requirements

NOTE: Bilirubin is extremely photosensitive. Care should be taken to protect sample from both daylight and fluorescent light to avoid photodegradation.

 

Container/Tube: GRN/SST
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

Samples should be stored at 4 °C and analyzed within 5 days. For longer storage, samples may be frozen at -20 °C or colder for up to 3 months.

PERFORMING LAB

WKMC, WKB, WKP, WKS