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Fibrinogen Assay

Tube Type = Light Blue Top

Tube Type

Test ID LAB314
EPIC Order FIBRINOGEN
CPT Code(s) 85384
Group/Individual Test Individual
Laboratory Core Laboratory
Tube Station 30 Routine: 888 STAT
Specimen Routine: 2.7 mL Blood/Light Blue Top; See Important Comments
Pediatric: 1.8 mL Blood Pediatric Light Blue Top Tube
Stability Unspun: 4 hours
Room Temperature: 4 hours
Refrigerated: NO
Frozen: 14 days (plasma only)
Availability Routine: 24 hrs/day
STAT: YES
Turnaround Time STAT 1 hr., Routine 2 hrs.
Reference Range Normal: 175-500 mg/dL
Critical: <100 mg/dL
Comments Deliver Immediately. Draw tube must be allowed to fill completely. Short draws will be rejected.

Reviewed by J. Carr on December 21, 2023

UNC Hospitals
McLendon Clinical Laboratories
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514