Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Factor VII Activity

Synonyms

  • COAGULATION
  • F7
  • FACTOR 7
  • FACTOR 7 ACTIVITY
  • FVII
  • LAB305

Cerner Name

Factor VII Assay

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

Blood

Specimen Volume

0.5 mL citrated plasma

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

Clotting-IL-ACL® TOPS

Days Performed

Monday through Friday

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

85230

PDM

5500610

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
FACTOR VII FACTORVII FACTOR VII Factor VII

Result Interpretation

50-165%

Forms
LAB305 build edit