The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

C3 Nephritic Factor Analysis
Order Code: C3NEF
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or IPR Req 		  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen
 
Serum
Collection Medium:
Red top tube 


Minimum:


Adult/Pediatric preferred minimum:  1 mL serum
Adult/Pediatric absolute minimum:  0.5 mL serum


Rejection Criteria:


No gel or clot activtor tubes.


Delivery Instructions:


Deliver to laboratory immediately after collection.  Critical frozen.
Separated from cells and frozen within 2 hours of blood collection


Analytic Time:


1 week


Methodology:


Nephelometry


CPT Code:


86161




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Updated: 09/26/2007

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