Specimen Requirements
Title
Cystic Fibrosis Screen
Specimen Requirement
Collect Lavender EDTA, send 3 mL whole blood room temperature.
Alternate Specimen: ACD (Yellow Top) or Sodium Heparin (Green Top)
Methodology
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction • Massively Parallel Sequencing
Stability
Room temp: 8 days, Refrigerated: 8 days
Reference Range
By Report*
Turnaround
9-12 days
Clinical Use
Test Code
CFS