Rejection Criteria

• Common specimen rejected situations include: incorrect specimen type, insufficient volume, missing or incomplete specimen identifiers, incorrect specimen transport, or specimens outside stability limits. 
• Specimens with needles attached will be rejected. 
• Specimens with air bubbles.
• Cord blood is considered an irreplaceable body fluid. If a misidentified cord blood is received in the laboratory, the staff will call the point of origin and require that the individual responsible for the specimen collection/specimen labeling (or, in their absence, the ordering or other responsible physician) come to the laboratory and complete the following:
• Misidentified cord blood gas specimens will be analyzed upon receipt, but results will not be released until the proper identification process has been completed.