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Order Name LAB17717 APIXABAN

Important Note

*This test is orderable in Cerner as Apixaban, UVM

Specimen Information

Container Specimen Temperature Collect Vol Submit Vol Min Vol Stability
*Blue Top Tube Plasma Frozen To fill line 1 mL  1 mL  6 months
3.5 mL Blue Top Whole Blood Ambient To fill line To fill line To fill line 2 hours
2 mL Blue Top Whole Blood Ambient To fill line To fill line To fill line 2 hours

*TUBE MUST BE FULL AT COLLECTION. Whole blood should remain at ambient temperature until processed. Refer to Coagulation Specimen Handling  prior to collection.  Double spin before freezing-see Coag Spec Processing step 3.  Submit 2 × 0.5 mL frozen plasma aliquots for this test. Draw blood in light blue top tube(s). Spin down, remove plasma, spin plasma again and  place citrate platelet-poor plasma in the required number of plastic vials (Glass vials cannot be accepted.)  Freeze specimen at ≤ -40° C if possible.  Send specimen frozen on dry ice. Each coagulation assay requested should have one tube per test.

Test Schedule / Analytical Time / Test Priority

Daily / 24 Hours / Available STAT

Method

Apixaban chromogenic anti-Xa assay 

CPT Code(s)

Description CPT  Code
Apixaban 80299

 

Instrumentation

ACL TOP

Reference Range

Therapeutic ranges have not been established.
 

 

Section

Coagulation

Performing Location

University of Vermont Medical Center

Is the UVMMC lab NY State Certified to perform this testing?  Yes/No

Yes