Viscosity, Serum

General Information

Lab Name

Viscosity, Serum

Lab Code

SRVIS

Epic Name

VISCOSITY, SERUM

Interpretation

Method

Viscometry

Reference Range

Female Male
AgeRangeAgeRange
0-1.2-1.6 0-1.2-1.6

Effective date: 10/09/2015

Ordering & Collection

Specimen Type

serum

Collection

3 mL blood in RED TOP tube. If Clinician suspects patient has a cryoglobulin, contact Immunology Lab 206 598-6149 for special handling instruction.

Quantity

requested: 1 mL serum
minimum: 0.7 mL serum

Processing

Refrigerate serum

Outside Laboratory: Centrifuge, remove serum, Aliquot 1 mL, (minimum 0.7 mL). Refrigerate serum. Sample stability up to 21 days for serum. Frozen samples are suboptimal but accepted.

Performance

LIS Dept Code

Immunology (IMM)

Performing Location(s)

UW-MT Immunology
206-520-4600

Clinical Lab, Room NW220,
University of Washington Medical Center,
1959 NE Pacific street, Seattle, WA 98195

Frequency

Monday-Friday

Available STAT?

No

Billing & Coding

CPT codes

LOINC

3128-6

Interfaced Order Code

UOW494

Interfaced Result Code

UOW494