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Test Code IL6 INTERLEUKIN-6 [LAB332]

Performing Laboratory

Pathology Laboratory Des Moines, IA

Clinical Testing | Pathology Laboratory

Laboratory Section: 

Core Laboratory

 

Test Performance

Performed: 

Sun-Sat

 

Analytical Time: 

1 - 4 days

Specimen Requirements

Container/Tube Type: 

Red (No Additive)
SST (Serum Separator)
Green (Lithium Heparin)
PST (Plasma Separator)

 

Also Acceptable Collection Container: 

Lavender (EDTA)

 

Collection Information: 

Collect 3-5 mL of blood in a serum or plasma collection tube.  Centrifuge as soon as possible, remove serum/plasma from cells and refrigerate or freeze specimen.

Minimum Sample Volume: 

0.3 mL of serum (approximately 0.6 mL of whole blood based upon normal patient hematocrit)

Specimen Stability

Refrigerated Stability: 

2 days

 

Frozen Stability: 

24 months

 

Ambient Stability: 

6 hours

CPT Code

83529

Alias

Cytokine, Cytokines, IL-6, IL6, Interleukin-6