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Specimen and Container/Tube
Blood
Specimen Type
Blood
Container
Sodium Heparin (green top)
Preferred Volume
Adult: 10 mL, whole blood, ambient
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Pediatric: 2-3 mL, whole blood, ambient
UCMC Collection Instructions
Collect blood from venipuncture. Fill sodium heparin green top tube completely and send to the laboratory.
Availability
Specimen must be received in the lab Monday through Thursday ONLY. Specimens cannot be sent out on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Performing Laboratory
Quest Diagnostics Chantilly Nichols Institute
14225 Newbrook Dr.
Chantilly, VA 20151-2228
Offsite Collection Instructions
Send Sodium Heparin green top tube at room temperature to the UCM Hyde Park Main Lab (Laboratory Service Center) in room Mitchell Hospital TW005
STAT availability
Not Available
Test Methodology
Chromosome Breakage (DEB) – Tissue Culture
CPT Code
88230,88249
Minimum Volume
2 to 3 mL
Reference Range
Negative (unaffected)