Test Name B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE
Orderable CPT 83880
OVT 1230910061
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Laboratory QUEST LAB
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Laboratory Test Name Quest CBLUE B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE
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Collection Container Purple Top - EDTA
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Collection Requirements Collect specimen in a plastic EDTA (lavender-top) tube. Centrifuge tube and separate plasma into a plastic specimen transport tube within 1 hour. Freeze plasma immediately. Note: BNP is unstable in glass containers. Use of glass tubes and glass transfer pipettes will affect accurate quantitation of BNP.
Container Temp Frozen (2)
Container Volume .500
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