Serum in red top or serum separator tube, lavender top.
Specimen
1.0 mL serum and 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood.
Test Description
The most comprehensive chemistry profile (Superchemistry with SDMA (SA010)), a Complete Blood Count (CBC) and FT4 ED.
Interferences: T4 evaluation can be affected in a hemolyzed or moderately lipemic sample. Lipemia can falsely decrease T4 results. Lipemia can falsely elevate TSH results.