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Test Name: ACTH Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling

Test Code: ACTHPS

Turn around time: Analyzed within 4 days of receipt.

Collection Container: Lavender

Sample Type: EDTA Plasma

Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL

Testcode and Ordering Information: Free text sample timing and site info in modifier field and result ACTHTG, IPSITE

Collection and Shipping Requirements: Freeze. Send frozen on dry ice. Must arrive at SPH frozen.

Method: Sandwich immunoassay, electrochemiluminescence, Roche Cobas

Measurement uncertainty: 5%

Notes:

Procedure performed by interventional radiology. An interpretive report will be sent to the ordering physician.