Test Code WBVB1 Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), Whole Blood
Specimen Volume:
3.0 mL
Preferred Specimen
Lavender (EDTA)
Alternate Specimen:
Green (sodium or lithium heparin) or pink (K2EDTA).
Specimen Handling Instructions:
Transfer 3 mL whole blood to an ARUP standard transport tube (Min: 0.6 mL) and freeze within 1 hour of collection.
Transport
Routine courier pick-up
Cutoff Time
None
Department:
ARUP Laboratories
Methodology
Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Stat Turn-around Time
N/A
Routine Turn-around Time
2-6 Days
Reference Ranges
70-180 nmol/L