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Specimen and Container/Tube
Blood
Specimen Type
Blood
Container
Adult: Yellow ACD tube
Infants and Children: EDTA lavender top
Preferred Volume
Adult:?� 40 mL
Infants and children: 3 mL EDTA lavender top tube
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Offsite Collection Instructions
Send Yellow ACD tube and/or EDTA lavender top tube (infants and children) at room temperature to the UCM Hyde Park Main Lab (Laboratory Service Center) in room Mitchell Hospital TW005.
UCMC Collection Instructions
Collect blood from venipuncture. Fill Yellow ACD tube and/or EDTA lavender top tube (infants and children) completely filled and send to the laboratory.
Availability
Specimen must be received in the laboratory Monday through Thursday ONLY. Specimens cannot be sent out on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
STAT Availability
Not Available
Test Methodology
FLOW CYTOMETRY and FLUORESCENCE in situ
HYBRIDIZATION (flowFISH)
CPT Code
88182
Minimum Volume
Dependent on patient’s lymphocyte result
Reference Range
The normal range was defined based on a cohort of healthy controls across the entire age range.
Performing Laboratory
Johns Hopkins Genomics-MDL
1812 Ashland Ave
Room 245
Baltimore, MD 21205
Transport Instructions
Send Yellow ACD tube and/or EDTA lavender top tube
(infants and children) at room temperature to the
UCM Hyde Park Main Lab (Laboratory Service Center) in room Mitchell
Hospital TW005.
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