Test Code FOL FOLATE
Additional Codes
LAB69
Performing Laboratory
Porter Hospital Laboratory
Specimen Requirements
Specimen Type: Blood
Container/Tube: Tiger top, serum gel
Specimen Volume: Full tube, submit 0.5 mL serum
Specimen Minimum Volume: 0.35mL
Collection Instructions:
1. Send specimen in original tube.
2. If there is a delay in transport of >1 hour, centrifuge tube.
3. Sample must be spun within 2 hours of collection.
4. Centrifuged samples are stable for:
• 5 days at 2 – 8°C
Specimen Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Test Schedule / Analytical Time / Test Priority / Turn Around Time
Daily / 24 hours / Not Available STAT / Routine - 4 hours
Normal Reference Values
> 3.0 ng/mL
Critical Values
None
Additional Information
Serum – Spin within 2 hours of collection.
Sample can not be hemolysed.
Test Classification and CPT Coding
82746