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