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Test Code PSA Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA)

Performing Laboratory

Beckley Cancer Center Laboratory 304-461-2222
Memorial Hospital Laboratory- Automated Procedures  304-388-5953       
Parkersburg Laboratory 304-865-3679
Teays Valley Hospital Laboratory 304-757-1770

Specimen Requirements

Memorial, Teays

Serum- SST gold top, red top

Allow SST or red top to completely clot

Spin and physically separate serum from contact with cells as soon as possible

4 mL of serum (minimum 2 mL)

 

Beckley, Parkersburg

Heparin Plasma, Serum, or EDTA plasma

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

Additional rejections at Beckley, Parkersburg 

  • Lipemic
  • Turbid

Storage and Stability

Memorial, Teays 

Room temperature 15-30oC 3 hrs
Refrigerated 2-8oC 24 hrs
Frozen -20oC Not specified

Beckley, Parkersburg 

Refrigerated 2-8oC 7 days
Frozen -20oC 4 weeks

Avoid freeze thaw cycles. 

Reference Values

0.0-4.0 ng\mL

Methodology

Memorial, Teays-Chemiluminescent two-site immunoenzymatic sandwich assay

Beckley, Parkersburg- Immunoassay

Days Test Set Up and Turnaround

Memorial, Teays- Monday through Sunday, Continuously

Beckley, Parkersburg- Monday through Friday

AM Collection Expected by 9AM same day
Routine Expected within 24 hrs
Stat Expected within 1 hr
Timed Expected results are test dependant

CPT Coding

84153

Beckman Coulter IFU

PSA - IFU