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Thrombin Clotting Time (TCT)

Tube Type = Light Blue Top

Tube Type

Test ID LAB324
EPIC Order THROMBIN TIME
CPT Code(s) 85670
Group/Individual Test Individual
Laboratory Core Laboratory
Tube Station 30 Routine: 888 STAT
Specimen Routine: 2.7 mL blood/light blue top tube; see Comments for additional information
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/7 Days
STAT: YES
Turnaround Time STAT 1 hr., Routine 2 hrs.
Reference Range <6 mos: Undefined
>6 mos: 15.8-24.9 seconds
Critical: >60.0 seconds
Comments Deliver Immediately
References Ranges change with reagent lot

Reviewed by J. Carr on January 11, 2024

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