Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Factor XIII Activity

Synonyms

  • F13
  • FACT13
  • FACTOR XIII ACTIVITY
  • FIBRIN STABILIZING FACTOR
  • FXIII
  • LAB1113

Cerner Name

Factor XIII Activity

Clinical Info

Low Factor XIII levels, i.e., <15%, may cause a bleeding disorder and levels <2% have been associated with spontaneous introcranial hemorrhage

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
Stability:  24 Hours  Room temperature
                   24 Hours Refrigerated
                   14 Days Frozen
Collection Instructions:
Platelet Poor Plasma: Centrifuge light blue-top tube 15 minutes at approx. 1500 g within 60 minutes of collection. Using a plastic pipette, remove plasma, taking care to avoid the WBC/platelet buffy layer and place into a plastic vial. Centrifuge a second time and transfer platelet-poor plasma into a new plastic vial. Plasma must be free of platelets (<10,000/mcL). Freeze immediately and ship on dry ice.

Specimen Volume

0.5 mL citrated plasma

Transport Instructions

Frozen

Specimen Stability

24 Hours  Room temperature
                   24 Hours Refrigerated
                   14 Days Frozen

Methodology

Chromogenic

Days Performed

Thursday
TAT: 4 - 11 Days.

Performing Laboratory

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Ins San Juan Capistrano,CA

CPT

85290
 
LONIC Code: 27815-0

PDM

1459877

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Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
FACTOR XIII ACTIVITY FACTORXIII FACTOR XIII ACTIVITY Factor XIII Activity

Result Interpretation

57 - 192 %

Forms
LAB1113 build edit