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HelpTest Code TT THROMBIN TIME
EPIC Test ID
1230100231
Collection Requirements
Fully collect a Blue Top (sodium citrate) tube. Underfilled tubes will not be accepted. Mix sample immediately by gentle inversion at least six times.
Shipping and Handling Instructions
If transport time will exceed four hours, send platelet-poor plasma frozen to -20C or less. To obtain platelet-poor plasma: centrifuge, separate plasma, recentrifuge, and separate plasma into a transport tube.
Specimen Type
Blood
Specimen Source
Blood, Central Line
Blood, Venous
Specimen Tube Description
WMH Hospital Lab:LT BLUE TOP-CITRATE
Performing lab
United Health Services Laboratories
Section
WMH Coagulation
CPT Code
85670
Loinc
3243-3
EAP
LAB324