Immune Function Evaluation (Total)
Sample Reqs
A or Chex + B
Turnaround
7 days
Special instructions
Do not send sample to the laboratory between Friday noon and Monday morning.
Contact the laboratory for special stability tubes for lymphocyte subsets – or take an EDTA sample and ensure same day delivery to the laboratory, Monday to Friday noon (do not send sample between Friday noon and Monday morning).
Sample type guide
A
Lavender Vacutainer, EDTA anticoagulant, 4ml/10ml (10ml EDTA tubes are used for specific PCR assays)
B
Gold Vacutainer, SST/Gel anticoagulant, 5ml
Additional information
All citrate samples sent by post or with an overnight delay must be double spun and sent frozen.
Please send samples to:
Health Services Laboratories, The Halo Building, 1 Mabledon Place , London WC1H 9AX
Please note that sample stability times will affect the feasibility of running add-on tests – please phone the lab to discuss on 020 3946 8854.
- How to order a test
- Guidance on specimen collection
- Specimen transport
- Sample rejection criteria
- Request Forms
Last-updated: 12/08/22