Serum in red top or serum separator tube, lavender top.
Specimen
1.0 mL serum and 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood.
Test Description
Superchem with SDMA, CBC, T4, Coccidioidomycosis, Screen and Titer, and Ehrlichia canis.
The most comprehensive chemistry, a Complete Blood Count (CBC), a Total T4, SDMA (T1035) for glomerular filtration rate estimation, and screening for exposure to Ehrlichia canis (IFA) and Coccidioidomycosis (IgM and IgG).
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.