Shipping and Handling

Processing Instructions:
Lebanon: Do Not Spin, Whole blood to Heme. (Ambient)
Off site location: Allow tube to clot before spinning. Centrifuge at appropriate settings, separate serum, refrigerate immediately. Serum must be removed from cells within 2 hours of draw. Refrigerate serum for transport.

Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
Transport Instructions: n/a

Specimen Stability Unprocessed
Unprocessed: 2 Hours (Allow to Clot)
Specimen Stability Post Processing
Ambient: 2 Hours
Refrigerate: 72 Hours
Frozen: Unacceptable