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General Information

Placing Lab Orders

Collecting Lab Specimens

Lab Section-Specific Information

 

 

Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Histamine Plasma

Additional Codes

LAB1033


Specimen Required


Specimen Type: Plasma

Collection Container/Tube: Lavender top (EDTA)

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 3 mL

 

Collection Instructions:

Draw 3 mL blood in a lavender-top (EDTA) tube(s). Cool immediately on ice. Centrifuge at 1500 rpm for 10 minutes at 4° C. The centrifugation should be performed within 20 minutes of collection. Carefully remove 1 mL of EDTA plasma from the upper part of the tube. Freeze and send frozen in a plastic vial.


Specimen Type

Plasma EDTA

Specimen Minimum Volume

1 mL

Specimen Stability Information

Specimen Type Temperature Time
Plasma EDTA Frozen 28 days

Reference Values

<1.0 ng/mL

Day(s) Performed

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

Report Available

2 to 7 days

Performing Laboratory

Eurofins Viracor

CPT Code Information

83088

LOINC Code Information

Test ID Test Order Name Order LOINC Value
FHSPL Histamine Plasma 2416-6

 

Result ID Test Result Name Result LOINC Value
FHSPL Histamine Plasma 2416-6