Ordering Guidance

If this test is ordered with CYPAN / Cytokine Panel, Plasma, this test will be canceled as duplicate and CYPAN performed as ordered.

If this test is ordered with CYTH1 / T-Helper Cell Type 1 Cytokine Panel, Plasma, this test will be canceled as duplicate and CYTH1 performed as ordered.

Specimen Required

Supplies: Sarstedt Aliquot Tube, 5 mL (T914)

Collection Container/Tube: Lavender-top (EDTA)

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. Immediately after specimen collection, place tube on wet ice.

2. Centrifuge at 4° C, 1500 x g for 10 minutes.

3. Aliquot plasma into plastic vial.

4. Freeze specimen within 2 hours of collection.

Additional Information:

If a refrigerated centrifuge is not available, it is acceptable to use a room temperature centrifuge, provided the sample is kept on ice before centrifugation and is frozen immediately afterward.