Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Thrombin Time

Synonyms

  • DTT
  • LAB324
  • THROMBIN TIME
  • TT

Cerner Name

Diluted Thrombin Time

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) tubeSpecimen: Full tube
Transport Temperature: Refrigerate
Collection Instructions:
 1. If no other tube is drawn, draw a discard tube.
2. Fill tube completely.
3. Mix by gently inverting several times.

Specimen Volume

Transport Instructions

Refrigerate

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Clotting-ACL-Top Beckman/Coulter/IL

Days Performed

Monday through Sunday

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

85670

PDM

5500555

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
DILUTED THROMBIN TIME DTT DILUTED THROMBIN TIME Diluted Thrombin Time

Result Interpretation

11.0 - 16.4 seconds 

Forms
LAB324 build edit