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Test Code DIC Panel Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Screen

Important Note

  • ORDER in the computer as DIC
  • Must be drawn at Outpatient Lab at the Main Campus
  • Collect (1) Lavender tube, and (1) Lt Blue Tube
  • Send STAT to Specimen Processing

This Panel includes: PT, PTT, Platelet Count, Fibrinogen, and D-Dimer 

Additional Codes

DIC Panel

Specimen Requirements

Container/Tube: Light blue-top (3.2% sodium citrate) tube-Clotted blood or an insufficient specimen is not acceptable.

Specimen Volume: Full tube (90%) of plasma

 

Container/Tube:Minimum one  lavender-top (EDTA) tube or lavender-top (EDTA) MICROTAINER

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Performing Laboratory

Beebe Healthcare Laboratory

Performing Location

Margaret H. Rollins Laboratory

South Coastal Campus Laboratory