Test Code FERRI Ferritin
Performing Laboratory
Memorial Hospital Laboratory- Automated Procedures | 304-388-5953 |
Teays Valley Hospital Laboratory | 304-757-1770 |
Parkersburg Laboratory | 304-865-3679 |
Beckley Cancer Center Laboratory | 304-461-2222 |
Specimen Requirements
Plasma- Mint Green, Dark Green Lithium Heparin or Serum- SST gold top, red top
Allow SST or red top to completely clot
Spin and physically separate plasma/serum from contact with cells as soon as possible
4 mL of plasma/serum (minimum 2 mL)
Specimen Rejection
- Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
- Quantity not sufficient
- Hemolyzed
Addional rejections at Beckley, Parkersburg Only
- Turbid
- Lipemic
Storage and Stability
Memorial, Teays
Room temperature 15-30oC | 8 hrs |
Refrigerated 2-8oC | 48 hrs |
Frozen <-20oC | Not specified |
Beckley, Parkersburg
Refrigerated 2-8oC (Serum,Plasma) |
5 days |
Frozen <-20oC | 4 weeks |
Do not freeze plasma samples.
Reference Values
Male: 23.9-336.0 ng/mL
Female: 11.0-306.0 ng/mL
Methodology
Memorial, Teays-Chemiluminescent two-site immunoenzymatic sandwich assay
Beckley, Parkersburg- Immunometric
Days Test Set Up and Turnaround
Memorial, Teays
Monday through Sunday, Continuously
AM Collection | Expected by 9AM same day |
Routine | Expected within 24 hrs |
Stat | Expected within 1 hr |
Timed | Expected results are test dependant |
Beckley, Parkersburg
Monday through Friday
CPT Coding
82728