VEGF-D Quantitation
Label Mnemonic: VEGF-D
Epic code: LAB9175
Downtime form: A-1a Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery
Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593
Specimen(s):
Whole Blood
Specimen Instructions:
Keep whole blood at room temperature and separate serum within two hours of collection by centrifugation. Transfer serum to a polypropylene tube suitable for shipping (screw cap). If sample can be delivered within 24 hours to the reference laboratory, keep the serum at room temperature. Freeze and store serum at -20°C or colder and ship frozen on dry ice.
Collection Medium:
BD Gold SST 5 mL Vacutainer
Minimum:
Collect in: Full Gold SST tube. This test needs its own dedicated tube and cannot be shared with any other test. Please submit full draw.
Rejection Criteria:
Whole blood not separated within two hours of collection. Refrigerated sample. Frozen serum thawed before it can reach the reference laboratory. Serum at ambient temperatures for > 24 hours. Serum stored in polystyrene tube.
Testing Schedule:
Collect Monday-Thursday; No weekends, No holiday, or No day before holiday. For Friday collection, contact Mailouts @ 356-8593.

Test performed: Bi-weekly
Comments:
Please print, complete, and submit the VEGF-D Requisition with the specimen.
Methodology:
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
CPT Code:
83520