Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Protein S, Free Antigen Build info

Synonyms

  • PROTEIN S ANTIGEN, FREE
  • PS AG
  • LAB492

Short Name

PROTEIN S AN

Procedure Master Number

LAB492

Procedure ID

7684

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

 Blood

Container

Blue Top Tube (HNAC 96)

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube:  Light blue-top (3.2% sodium citrate) tube(s). Fill tube(s) completely.
Specimen:  Invert several times to mix blood. Spin down and place 1 mL of citrated plasma into 2 plastic vials each containing 0.5 mL of citrated plasma.
Transport Temperature: Frozen
 
Note:  1. If no other tube is drawn, draw a discard tube.
2. If there is a delay in transport, spin down, remove plasma, spin plasma again, and place 1 mL of platelet-poor plasma into 2 plastics vials each containing 0.5 mL of platelet-poor plasma. Send specimen frozen. Double-centrifuged specimens are critical for accurate results as platelet contamination may cause spurious results.

Transport Instructions

Frozen

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Immunoassay-ACL-Top/IL

Days Performed

Two - 3 times per week

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

85306

PDM

 5601190

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Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
PROTEIN S FREE ANTIGEN PROTEINSFAG PROTEIN S AG FREE Protein S Antigen Free