Specimens Requiring Immediate Delivery

Specimens Requiring Immediate Delivery

7-Dehydrocholesterol (Smith-Lemli-Opitz Screen), Plasma HLA-B27, Whole Blood

17-Alpha Hydroxyprogesterone, Serum Homocysteine, Plasma

17-OH-Pregnenolone Human Placental Lactogen (HPL), Blood

18-Hydroxycorticosterone, Serum Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis type 2 (HOPP-2), Whole Blood

Acid Phosphatase, Total, Serum IA-2 Antibody, Serum

Activated Clotting Time, Blood IgG, Anti-IgA Antibodies, Serum

Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time, Plasma Immunodeficiency Evaluations; Adult and Pediatric, Peripheral Blood

Acute Leukemia, Peripheral Blood, Bone Marrow or CSF Infliximab/HACA Measurement, Serum

Acyclovir (Zovirax), Serum or Plasma Influenza A/B Direct Antigen Detection

Adenovirus Culture, Various Insulin Assay, Plasma

Adenovirus Direct Antigen Detection Insulin Like Growth Factor Binding Protein (I and III), Serum

Aldosterone, Serum Insulin Like Growth Factor (I and II), Serum

AlloMap Assay, CPT Cell Preparation Tube Interleukin 6 by Chemiluminescence, Serum, Plasma, Amniotic Fluid

Alpha Subunit of Pituitary Glycoprotein Hormone, Serum Lactate, Whole Blood

Amino Acids, Quantitative, Urine Leptin, Serum

Ammonia, Plasma Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency (LAD), Peripheral Blood

Amylase Isoenzymes, Serum Leukocyte Lysosomal Enzyme Screen, Plasma

Anaerobic Culture, Sterile Specimen Lymphocyte Subsets, Peripheral Blood, Bone Marrow

Androstenedione (Adione), Serum Metanephrines, Fractionated, Plasma

Antidiuretic Hormone, Blood Methotrexate Assay, Serum

Aspirated Knee/Joint/Cyst, Fluid Muscle Biopsy, Fresh or Frozen Tissue

Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF), Plasma Myositis Specific Antibody Profile, Serum

Bacterial Culure N-Methylhistamine, Urine

Bcr/Abl T(9;22) Translocation Qualitative by RT-PCR, Whole Blood or Bone Marrow N-Telopeptide, Cross-Linked, Serum

Bcr/Abl T(9;22) Translocation Quantitative Assay by RT-PCR, Whole Blood, Bone Marrow Niacin, Whole Blood

Beryllium (Lymphocyte transformation), Whole Blood Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Autoantibody, IgG, Serum

Biotinidase, Serum Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Autoantibody, IgG, Spinal Fluid

BK Virus DNA, Quantitative, by Rapid PCR, Random Urine Osmotic Fragility, Quantitative, Whole Blood

BK Virus DNA, Quantitative, by Rapid PCR,, Plasma Oxygen Dissociation P50, RC, Blood

Blastomyces Antigen, Serum, Urine, CSF or Blody Fluids Oxygen Saturation (Arterial, Venous), Blood

Blood Gases, (Arterial, Finger Stick, and Venous), Blood Pancreatic Polypeptide, Serum

Body Fluid for Cytologic Evaluation, Fluid Parainfluenza Direct Antigen Detection

Bronchial Brush Cytology, Bronchial Brush Paroxsymal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH), Peripheral Blood

Bronchial Wash Cytology, Bronchial Wash Peritoneal Wash, for Cancer Evaluation

Bronchioalveolar Lavage (BAL) for Cancer Evaluation, Bronchioalveolar Lavage pH, Pleural Fluid or Urine

C1 Esterase Inhibitor, Protein Quantitation, Serum PKU Cofactor Screen, Urine and Blood Spots

C1 Inhibitor Functional Assay (C1INC), Serum Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1, Activity

Calcitonin, Serum Plasminogen, Plasma

Calcium, Ionized (or Free) Serum, Plasma or Blood Platelet Antibody Screening Test, Blood

Carbon Dioxide (CO2 Content), Urine Platelet Crossmatch, Blood

Carnitine Free and Total, Plasma Platelet Function Analysis, Blood

Carnitine Transport, Fibroblasts PML/RAR alpha t(15;17) Translocation by RT-PCR, Whole Blood or Bone Marrow

Catecholamines, Fractionated, Plasma Porphyrins, Fractionated, Erythrocytes

CD4 Lymphocytes, Peripheral Blood Post Bone Marrow Transplant Monitoring, Peripheral Blood or Bone Marrow

Cerebral Spinal Fluid, CSF Proinsulin, Plasma

Chromogenic X, Plasma Protein C, Total, Plasma

Chronic Lymphocytic, Prolymphocytic, or Hairy Cell Leukemias, (multipe specimen types) Protein S, Functional, Plasma

Clostridium difficile Toxin A&B, Stool Prothrombin Time, Plasma

Citalopram, Serum PTH Related Protein, Blood

Coagulation Factor Assays, Plasma PTH Related Protein, Plasma

Coagulation Factor Inhibitor, Plasma Purine and Pyrimidine Panel, Urine

Coagulation Factor Inhibitor Quantitation, Plasma Pyruvic Acid, (Pyruvate), Blood

Cold Agglutinin Titer, Plasma Quantitative Bowel Culture

Cortisol, Salivary Raji Cell Immune Complex, Serum

Cryoglobulin, Serum Reducing Substances, Feces

Cryptococcus Antigen, CSF, Serum Renal Biopsy, Tissue

Cystine, White Blood Cell, Whole Blood Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Direct Antigen

Cytomegalovirus Antigen Detection, Whole Blood, EDTA Respiratory Virus Culture Panel, Respiratory Secretions

Cytomegalovirus Culture, Various Risperidone, Serum or Plasma

D-Dimer, Plasma Sedimentation Rate (ESR), Erythrocytes

D-Lactate, Plasma Sezary Prep, Blood

Dehydroepiandrosterone, Serum Sinemet (Carbidopa), Serum

Deoxycorticosterone, Serum Skin Biopsy, Tissue

Desoxycortisol, Serum Somatostatin, Plasma

Dilute Russell Viper Venom Time Sporothrix Antibody, CSF, Spinal Fluid

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type VI Screen, Urine Sporothrix Antibody, Serum

Ehrlichia Antibody Panel, Serum Stem Cell Quantitation, Apheresis product and Peripheral Blood

Ehrlichia chaffeensis (HME) Antibody, IgG, Serum Thrombin Time, Plasma

Enterovirus Culture, Various Thyroxine Binding Globulin, Serum

Enterovirus Qualitative PCR Assay, Spinal Fluid (CSF) Tobramycin, Plasma

Eosinophils, Urine and Other Fluids Trimethylamine, Random Urine

Erythropoietin, Serum or Plasma Tumor Necrosis Factor -- Alpha by Chemiluminescence, Serum, Plasma or Amniotic Fluid

Estrone, Serum Uric Acid (patients on rasburicase), Plasma

Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy (FSHD), Prenatal, Fetal Sample (Amniotic or Chorionic Villus), Parental Samples (Whole Blood) Urine Cytology, Urine

Fetal Erythrocyte Detection/Quantitation, Peripheral Blood (maternal) Varicella-Zoster Virus Antibody, IgM, Serum

Folate, Serum and Folate (RBC) Whole Blood Varicella-Zoster Virus Direct Antigen, Vesicular Lesion

Fungal Culture Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP), Plasma

Gastric Fluid pH, Gastric Aspirate or Vomitus Viral Culture

Gastrin, Serum Vitamin A, Serum

Gastroccult, Gastric Aspirate or Vomitus Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), Plasma and Whole Blood

Glucagon, Plasma Vitamin B12, Serum or Plasma

Glucose Tolerance Test-(3 HR), Plasma Vitamin B12 (Reflexive), Serum or Plasma

Hemoblobin, Plasma, Free Vitamin B2, Plasma

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) DNA, Qualitative, PCR, Plasma or Serum Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine), Total, Plasma

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Genotype, RFLP, Serum or Plasma Vitamin B12, Binding Capacity, Serum

Hepatitis C Genotype, Plasma Vitamin C, Serum

Hepatitis C Virus RNA, Plasma Vitamin D (1,25 Dihydroxy), Serum

Hepatitis E Virus, IgG & IgM, Serum Vitamin E, Serum

HER 2 NEU Antibody, Serum Vitamin K, Serum

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis by PCR, Spinal Fluid von Willebrand Multimeric, Plasma

Herpesvirus 8 DNA, PCR, Whole Blood, Serum or Plasma X-Ray Microanalysis, Tissue Digestion

HIV-Genotype, Polymerase & Protease, Plasma Xanthine and Hypoxanthine, Urine

HIV Phenosense GT, Plasma ZAP-70 for Chronic Lymphocytic (CLL) Prognosis, Peripheral Blood

HIV Viral Load by PCR, Plasma

7-Dehydrocholesterol (Smith-Lemli-Opitz Screen), Plasma	HLA-B27, Whole Blood
17-Alpha Hydroxyprogesterone, Serum	Homocysteine, Plasma
17-OH-Pregnenolone	Human Placental Lactogen (HPL), Blood
18-Hydroxycorticosterone, Serum	Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis type 2 (HOPP-2), Whole Blood
Acid Phosphatase, Total, Serum	IA-2 Antibody, Serum
Activated Clotting Time, Blood	IgG, Anti-IgA Antibodies, Serum
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time, Plasma	Immunodeficiency Evaluations; Adult and Pediatric, Peripheral Blood
Acute Leukemia, Peripheral Blood, Bone Marrow or CSF	Infliximab/HACA Measurement, Serum
Acyclovir (Zovirax), Serum or Plasma	Influenza A/B Direct Antigen Detection
Adenovirus Culture, Various	Insulin Assay, Plasma
Adenovirus Direct Antigen Detection	Insulin Like Growth Factor Binding Protein (I and III), Serum
Aldosterone, Serum	Insulin Like Growth Factor (I and II), Serum
AlloMap Assay, CPT Cell Preparation Tube	Interleukin 6 by Chemiluminescence, Serum, Plasma, Amniotic Fluid
Alpha Subunit of Pituitary Glycoprotein Hormone, Serum	Lactate, Whole Blood
Amino Acids, Quantitative, Urine	Leptin, Serum
Ammonia, Plasma	Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency (LAD), Peripheral Blood
Amylase Isoenzymes, Serum	Leukocyte Lysosomal Enzyme Screen, Plasma
Anaerobic Culture, Sterile Specimen	Lymphocyte Subsets, Peripheral Blood, Bone Marrow
Androstenedione (Adione), Serum	Metanephrines, Fractionated, Plasma
Antidiuretic Hormone, Blood	Methotrexate Assay, Serum
Aspirated Knee/Joint/Cyst, Fluid	Muscle Biopsy, Fresh or Frozen Tissue
Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF), Plasma	Myositis Specific Antibody Profile, Serum
Bacterial Culure	N-Methylhistamine, Urine
Bcr/Abl T(9;22) Translocation Qualitative by RT-PCR, Whole Blood or Bone Marrow	N-Telopeptide, Cross-Linked, Serum
Bcr/Abl T(9;22) Translocation Quantitative Assay by RT-PCR, Whole Blood, Bone Marrow	Niacin, Whole Blood
Beryllium (Lymphocyte transformation), Whole Blood	Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Autoantibody, IgG, Serum
Biotinidase, Serum	Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Autoantibody, IgG, Spinal Fluid
BK Virus DNA, Quantitative, by Rapid PCR, Random Urine	Osmotic Fragility, Quantitative, Whole Blood
BK Virus DNA, Quantitative, by Rapid PCR,, Plasma	Oxygen Dissociation P50, RC, Blood
Blastomyces Antigen, Serum, Urine, CSF or Blody Fluids	Oxygen Saturation (Arterial, Venous), Blood
Blood Gases, (Arterial, Finger Stick, and Venous), Blood	Pancreatic Polypeptide, Serum
Body Fluid for Cytologic Evaluation, Fluid	Parainfluenza Direct Antigen Detection
Bronchial Brush Cytology, Bronchial Brush	Paroxsymal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH), Peripheral Blood
Bronchial Wash Cytology, Bronchial Wash	Peritoneal Wash, for Cancer Evaluation
Bronchioalveolar Lavage (BAL) for Cancer Evaluation, Bronchioalveolar Lavage	pH, Pleural Fluid or Urine
C1 Esterase Inhibitor, Protein Quantitation, Serum	PKU Cofactor Screen, Urine and Blood Spots
C1 Inhibitor Functional Assay (C1INC), Serum	Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1, Activity
Calcitonin, Serum	Plasminogen, Plasma
Calcium, Ionized (or Free) Serum, Plasma or Blood	Platelet Antibody Screening Test, Blood
Carbon Dioxide (CO2 Content), Urine	Platelet Crossmatch, Blood
Carnitine Free and Total, Plasma	Platelet Function Analysis, Blood
Carnitine Transport, Fibroblasts	PML/RAR alpha t(15;17) Translocation by RT-PCR, Whole Blood or Bone Marrow
Catecholamines, Fractionated, Plasma	Porphyrins, Fractionated, Erythrocytes
CD4 Lymphocytes, Peripheral Blood	Post Bone Marrow Transplant Monitoring, Peripheral Blood or Bone Marrow
Cerebral Spinal Fluid, CSF	Proinsulin, Plasma
Chromogenic X, Plasma	Protein C, Total, Plasma
Chronic Lymphocytic, Prolymphocytic, or Hairy Cell Leukemias, (multipe specimen types)	Protein S, Functional, Plasma
Clostridium difficile Toxin A&B, Stool	Prothrombin Time, Plasma
Citalopram, Serum	PTH Related Protein, Blood
Coagulation Factor Assays, Plasma	PTH Related Protein, Plasma
Coagulation Factor Inhibitor, Plasma	Purine and Pyrimidine Panel, Urine
Coagulation Factor Inhibitor Quantitation, Plasma	Pyruvic Acid, (Pyruvate), Blood
Cold Agglutinin Titer, Plasma	Quantitative Bowel Culture
Cortisol, Salivary	Raji Cell Immune Complex, Serum
Cryoglobulin, Serum	Reducing Substances, Feces
Cryptococcus Antigen, CSF, Serum	Renal Biopsy, Tissue
Cystine, White Blood Cell, Whole Blood	Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Direct Antigen
Cytomegalovirus Antigen Detection, Whole Blood, EDTA	Respiratory Virus Culture Panel, Respiratory Secretions
Cytomegalovirus Culture, Various	Risperidone, Serum or Plasma
D-Dimer, Plasma	Sedimentation Rate (ESR), Erythrocytes
D-Lactate, Plasma	Sezary Prep, Blood
Dehydroepiandrosterone, Serum	Sinemet (Carbidopa), Serum
Deoxycorticosterone, Serum	Skin Biopsy, Tissue
Desoxycortisol, Serum	Somatostatin, Plasma
Dilute Russell Viper Venom Time	Sporothrix Antibody, CSF, Spinal Fluid
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type VI Screen, Urine	Sporothrix Antibody, Serum
Ehrlichia Antibody Panel, Serum	Stem Cell Quantitation, Apheresis product and Peripheral Blood
Ehrlichia chaffeensis (HME) Antibody, IgG, Serum	Thrombin Time, Plasma
Enterovirus Culture, Various	Thyroxine Binding Globulin, Serum
Enterovirus Qualitative PCR Assay, Spinal Fluid (CSF)	Tobramycin, Plasma
Eosinophils, Urine and Other Fluids	Trimethylamine, Random Urine
Erythropoietin, Serum or Plasma	Tumor Necrosis Factor -- Alpha by Chemiluminescence, Serum, Plasma or Amniotic Fluid
Estrone, Serum	Uric Acid (patients on rasburicase), Plasma
Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy (FSHD), Prenatal, Fetal Sample (Amniotic or Chorionic Villus), Parental Samples (Whole Blood)	Urine Cytology, Urine
Fetal Erythrocyte Detection/Quantitation, Peripheral Blood (maternal)	Varicella-Zoster Virus Antibody, IgM, Serum
Folate, Serum and Folate (RBC) Whole Blood	Varicella-Zoster Virus Direct Antigen, Vesicular Lesion
Fungal Culture	Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP), Plasma
Gastric Fluid pH, Gastric Aspirate or Vomitus	Viral Culture
Gastrin, Serum	Vitamin A, Serum
Gastroccult, Gastric Aspirate or Vomitus	Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), Plasma and Whole Blood
Glucagon, Plasma	Vitamin B12, Serum or Plasma
Glucose Tolerance Test-(3 HR), Plasma	Vitamin B12 (Reflexive), Serum or Plasma
Hemoblobin, Plasma, Free	Vitamin B2, Plasma
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) DNA, Qualitative, PCR, Plasma or Serum	Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine), Total, Plasma
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Genotype, RFLP, Serum or Plasma	Vitamin B12, Binding Capacity, Serum
Hepatitis C Genotype, Plasma	Vitamin C, Serum
Hepatitis C Virus RNA, Plasma	Vitamin D (1,25 Dihydroxy), Serum
Hepatitis E Virus, IgG & IgM, Serum	Vitamin E, Serum
HER 2 NEU Antibody, Serum	Vitamin K, Serum
Herpes Simplex Encephalitis by PCR, Spinal Fluid	von Willebrand Multimeric, Plasma
Herpesvirus 8 DNA, PCR, Whole Blood, Serum or Plasma	X-Ray Microanalysis, Tissue Digestion
HIV-Genotype, Polymerase & Protease, Plasma	Xanthine and Hypoxanthine, Urine
HIV Phenosense GT, Plasma	ZAP-70 for Chronic Lymphocytic (CLL) Prognosis, Peripheral Blood
HIV Viral Load by PCR, Plasma