Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Factor XIII Activity and Antigen Build info

Synonyms

  • FACTOR XIII ANTIGEN
  • F13
  • FXIII
  • LAB10891

Short Name

FACTOR XIII ANTIGEN

Procedure Master Number

LAB10891

Procedure ID

114280

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

 Blood

Container

Blue Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Light blue-top (3.2% sodium citrate) tube
Specimen: 0.5 mL citrated plasma
Transport Temperature: Frozen
Collection Instructions:
1. If no other tube is drawn, draw a discard tube.
2. If there is a delay in transport, spin down, spin plasma again, and send citrate platelet-poor plasma. Double-centrifuged specimens are critical for accurate results as platelet contamination may cause spurious results.
3. Fill tube completely.
4. Mix by gently inverting several times.
5. Send aliquot frozen.

Transport Instructions

Frozen

Specimen Stability

Methodology

LI ACL TOPS Antigenic Latex Assay

Days Performed

Monday through Friday
1 time per week

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

85290

PDM

 5500638

Only Orderable at Locations:

 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
FACTOR XIII ANTIGEN FACTORXIIIAG FACTOR XIII ANTIGEN Factor Xiii Antigen