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LABORATORY TEST DIRECTORY

Platelet Aggregation Studies

CPT Code(s): 85576 x4
Specimen Required: Patient Preparation:Specimen must be collected at RDL (500 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT). Call the Hemostasis/Thrombosis laboratory at (801) 583-2787 ext. 2151 to schedule specimen collection. Special arrangements for UUHSC In-Patients can be made by contacting the number above. Patient must fast from midnight until specimen is collected.
Collect:Lt. blue (sodium citrate) AND lavender (EDTA) or pink (K2EDTA).
Specimen Preparation:Transport 45 mL whole blood (sodium citrate) AND 5 mL whole blood (EDTA). (Min: Four 3.5 mL lt. blue (sodium citrate) (14 mL) AND one 4 mL lavender EDTA) Specimen must be received within one hour of draw.
Storage/Transport Temperature:CRITICAL ROOM TEMPERATURE.
Stability:Ambient: 1 hour; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable
New York DOH Approval Status: Specimens from New York clients will be sent out to a New York DOH approved laboratory, if possible.
Aliases:
  • PFTPlatelet function assay