Viscosity, Serum
General Information
- Lab Name
- Viscosity, Serum
- Lab Code
- SRVIS
- Epic Ordering
- VISCOSITY, SERUM
- Description
- Synonyms
Interpretation
- Method
Viscometry
- Reference Range
-
Female Male Age Range Age Range 0- 1.2-1.6 0- 1.2-1.6 Effective date: 10/09/2015
Ordering & Collection
- Specimen Type
- serum
- Collection
-
3 mL blood in RED TOP tube. If Clinician suspects patient has a cryoglobulin, contact Immunology Lab 206 598-6149 for special handling instruction.
- Handling Instructions
- Quantity
-
requested: 1 mL serum
minimum: 0.7 mL serum
Processing
- Processing
Refrigerate serum
Outside Laboratory: Centrifuge, remove serum, Aliquot 1 mL, (minimum 0.7 mL). Refrigerate serum. Sample stability up to 21 days for serum. Frozen samples are suboptimal but accepted.
Performance
- LIS Dept Code
- Immunology (IMM)
- Performing Location(s)
-
UW-MT Immunology
206-520-4600Clinical Lab, Room NW220,
University of Washington Medical Center,
1959 NE Pacific street, Seattle, WA 98195 - Frequency
- Monday-Friday
- Available STAT?
- No
Billing & Coding
- CPT codes
- LOINC
- 3128-6
- Interfaced Order Code
- UOW494
- Interfaced Result Code
- UOW494