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TEST CODES & SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS MANUAL VERSION 2.0

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<strong>TEST</strong> CODE <strong>SPECIMEN</strong> REQUIREMENT VACUTAINER BILLING LOC<br />

CARCINOEMBRYONIC<br />

ANTIGEN<br />

(CEA)<br />

CEAN<br />

Serum<br />

3 mL<br />

A CEA Requisition Form completed and<br />

signed by the physician must accompany<br />

sample<br />

YELLOW SST $35.00 CML<br />

Note: to be used when four weeks have<br />

NOT elapsed between CEA test requests<br />

OR when the patient does not meet the<br />

aforementioned criteria and not covered by<br />

OHIP<br />

TAT – 10 to 15 days<br />

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY<br />

(ANTI PHOSPHOLIPIN)<br />

See ANTI–CARDIOLIPIN AB<br />

ACL<br />

CARNITINE, FREE / TOTAL<br />

RCML<br />

Serum<br />

Minimum Volume required: 1 mL<br />

YELLOW SST $60.00 CML<br />

FREEZE PLASMA AND SEND FROZEN<br />

Transport specimen in a test labelled<br />

Separate brown paper bag<br />

TAT – 15 days<br />

CAROTENE<br />

(B–CAROTENE)<br />

RCML<br />

Serum<br />

2 mL<br />

Protect from light by transferring serum into<br />

an amber transport tube<br />

TAT – 7 days<br />

YELLOW SST OHIP CML<br />

CAT SCRATCH FEVER<br />

ANTIBODY<br />

RPHL<br />

Do not centrifuge tube<br />

MINISTRY OF HEALTH GUIDELINES<br />

Refer to the General Information Page for<br />

the MOH Procedure regarding specimen<br />

processing and transportation<br />

TAT – 15 days<br />

PLAIN RED N/C PHL<br />

CATECHOLAMINES<br />

<strong>TEST</strong> NO LONGER<br />

AVAILABLE(Plasma)<br />

J:\Test Specification Guide (TSG) Version <strong>2.0</strong>.doc<br />

<strong>TEST</strong> SPECIFICATION GUIDE (TSG)<br />

Created by Vedrana Vaskovic QC Coordinator<br />

BIO-<strong>TEST</strong> LABS<br />

168 Charlotte St., Ottawa, ON., K1N 8K6<br />

Last printed 28/11/2011 1:52 PM<br />

BIO-<strong>TEST</strong> LABORATORY<br />

Tel: (613) 789-4242<br />

Fax: (613) 789-7033<br />

SECTION C Page 6 of 26<br />

NOTE: This is a CONTROLLED document. Any documents appearing in paper form that are not stamped in red ‘MASTER COPY’ are not controlled and should<br />

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