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Specimen Required
5 mL whole blood
Specimen Minimum Volume
3 mL
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 8 days Refrigerated: 8 days Frozen: Unacceptable
Rejection Due To
Received frozen
Day(s) and Time(s) Performed
Mon, Thurs a.m.
Collection Container / Tube
Preferred: EDTA (royal-blue) tube
Other Acceptable Container: Sodium heparin (green-top) tube
ACD solution A (yellow-top) tube
Transport / Storage Conditions
Room temperature
Reference Values
See Laboratory Report
CPT Codes
81404
Analytic Time
16 days
Alias/See Also
LAB11270
Thalassemia
Beta-Thalassemia Mutation Analysis