Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

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Synonyms

  • COLOVANTAGE
  • METHYLATED SEPTIN 9
  • LAB11163

Short Name

COLOVANTAGE

Procedure Master Number

LAB11163

Procedure ID

114710

Clinical Info

Methylated Septin 9 is a DNA marker associated with colorectal cancer

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

 Blood

Container

Lavender Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube:  4 Lavender EDTA tube(s) or two 10 mL Lavender top (EDTA) tubes
Specimen: 10 mL plasma (5 mL  min)
Transport Temperature: Frozen
 
Collection Instructions This test requires 10 mL of plasma (samples with less than 5 mL plasma will be rejected). To obtain this volume of plasma, collect blood in (x2) 10 mL EDTA (lavender-top) tubes or (x5) standard EDTA (lavender-top) tubes. Centrifuge the blood samples, separate plasma and combine them. Send plasma in a single 10 mL pour-off tube. If a 10 mL pour-off tube is not available, (x2) 5 mL pour-off tubes can be used.

Transport Instructions

Frozen

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reatictin (RT-PCR)

Days Performed

Performing Laboratory

Quest Diagnostics' Nichols Institute, Inc. - Chantilly

CPT

81327

PDM

 5907811

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 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
COLOVANTAGE RESULT COLOVANT COLOVANTAGE RESULT Colovantage Result
COLOVANTAGE INTERPRETATION COLOVANT COLOVANTAGE INTERPRETATION Colovantage Interpretation
COLOVANTAGE REVIEWER COLOVANT COLOVANTAGE REVIEWER Colovantage Reviewer