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Serotonin - Blood

Source Blood
Mnemonic MISCREFBL

Misc Ref Test Name Prompt: Serotonin
Specimen Requirements

1 x 3.5 mL gold top SST tube

1 mL serum

CLS staff: collect specimen and forward to DSC Accession, who will forward specimen to Referrals.

Note to ordering physician: this test requires review and approval by CLS Medical & Scientific Staff.  Please contact CLS Referrals 403-770-3285 for further information on the approval process.

Specimen Handling PSC & RRL:
Centrifuge, pour off into two aliquots, and transport serum on ice to DSC. Send specimen in a separate bag with a photocopy of the requisition.

Extra-regional:
Centrifuge, pour off into two aliquots, and freeze serum prior to transport to DSC. Send specimen in a separate bag with a photocopy of the requisition.

DSC:
Freeze specimens upon receipt in lab; ensure frozen specimens do not thaw.
Additional Information Serotonin may be increased by diet or released by medications. For 48 hours prior to collection, patient must abstain from avocados, bananas, coffee, plums, pineapples, tomatoes, walnuts, hickory nut, mollusks, eggplant and medications such as aspirin, cortocotropins, MAO inhibitors, phenacetin, catecholamines, reserpine and nicotine.
Testing Location Hospitals in Common
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Reference Interval