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Laboratory Medicine

Test catalogue

Serum Galactomannan

Test Name

Serum Galactomannan

Gold Tube Specimen Type / Requirements

Container Type = 1 Gold Top (SST)

Minimum Testing Volume = 3 mL Serum

Tube must fill to at least ½ or greater of its vacuum capacity

Specimen Handling

Collection Instructions: Serum collected in gold top tube (SST) and send to Microbiology Write your initials, date and time of collection on the collection label or requisition.

Special Instructions Test is done in Microbiology.

Rejection Criteria: Unlabeled or samples of non sufficient quantity.

Transportation: Send sample to Microbiology as soon as possible.

Testing Location

Mircobiology

Required Documentation