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Test Code 00049 Corticosteroid Binding Globulin

Important Note

  • Must be drawn at Outpatient Lab at the Main Campus
  • MUST be ordered as a .Mayo Miscellaneous Test
  • Use code ZW59 and use name of test Corticosteroid Binding Globulin
  • MUST put in Order NOTES in Lab Compute the statement "Esoterix #500076"

            Must be centrifuged and separated within 1 hour of collection.

Methodology

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)

Specimen Requirements

Specimen: Serum

 

Volume: 0.5 mL

 

Minimum Volume (Pediatric Volume): 0.1 mL (Note: This volume does not allow for repeat testing.)

 

Tube: Tiger-top (SST) tube or red-top tube

 

Collection: Separate serum within one hour; transfer into a plastic transport tube.

 

 

 

Performing Laboratory

Esoterix

Sent out to Mayo Medical Lab who then sends it to Esoterix

 

 

Temperature Requirements

Storage Instructions: Frozen