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Fibrinogen

Important Note

*This test is orderable in Cerner as Fibrinogen

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Whole blood

Container/Tube: Light-blue top (sodium citrate)

Specimen Volume: Full tube

Specimen Minimum Volume: 2.7 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. Tube must be full. (Do not underfill or overfill tube.)

2. Send specimen Room Temperature in original tube.

Stability

4 Hours Room Temp

Reference Range

200-400 mg/dL

Critical Low: <100 mg/dL

Critical high: >800 mg/dL

Instrumentation

Sysmex CA660

Methodology

Photo-Optical

Test Schedule/Analytical Time/ Test Priority

Daily / Same day / Available STAT

CPT (s)

85385