Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Protein C Functional Assay with Reflex Build info

Synonyms

  • PROTEIN C FUNCTIONAL ASSAY WITH REFLEX
  • Protein C activity
  • PC FUNC
  • LAB10508

Short Name

PROTEIN C FUNCTIONAL ASSAY WITH REFLEX

Procedure Master Number

LAB10508

Procedure ID

111520

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

 Blood, Arterial Blood, Capillary Blood, Central Line Blood, Venous

Specimen Types

 Blood

Container

Blue Top Tube (HNAC 96)

Collection Instructions

Draw blood in a light blue-top (3.2% sodium citrate) tube(s). Fill tube(s) completely. Invert several times to mix blood. Spin down and place 1 mL of citrated plasma into 2 plastic vials each containing 0.5 mL of citrated plasma.
Note:  1. If no other tube is drawn, draw a discard tube.
2. If there is a delay in transport, spin down, remove plasma, spin plasma again, and place 1 mL of platelet-poor plasma into 2 plastics vials each containing 0.5 mL of platelet-poor plasma. Send specimen frozen. Double-centrifuged specimens are critical for accurate results as platelet contamination may cause spurious results.

Transport Instructions

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Chromogenic-ACL-Top IL

Days Performed

Activity: Monday - Friday
Antigen: 1 - 2 times per week

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

85303-Activity
85302- Antigen

PDM

 5601186

Only Orderable at Locations:

 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
PROTEIN C FUNCTIONAL ASSAY WITH REFLEX PROTEINC PROTEIN C ACTIVITY