Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories

Collect

Plain red top or SST tube.

Specimen Preparation

Onsite [NJH]: Transport to lab within 1 hour.
Offsite: Separate serum from cells within 2 hours by centrifuge and aliquot into a labeled polypropylene or similar plastic tube.
Preferred volume: 1 mL serum

Pediatric Collection

Minimum volume: 0.1 mL serum

Storage Transport Temp

Offsite: Frozen. Send serum Priority Overnight via FedEx and in a well insulated container on dry ice.

Stability

Stability after cell separation:
4 days at RT at (15-25°C)
7 days refrigerated at 2-8°C

Performed

Mon-Fri

Methodology

Indirect Measurement

Reported

4 hours

Department

Core Lab

Synonyms

IRON

Related Tests

Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, Aspergillus fumagatus #1 (ASPF1), Aspergillus niger (ASPNG), Aspergillus flavus (ASPFL), Aspergillus polyvalent mix (M1), Aspergilllus fumagatus #6 (ASPF6), Aspergillus fumagatus specific IgE (RM3), Aspergillus fumagatus specific IgG (TGMIS)

Reference Interval

Iron, Serum	Human
	Male	Female
	ug/dL
All Ages	261 - 478	261 - 478

CPT Code

83540