Direct Renin Plasma RENIN

Synonyms

Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name

Renin Direct, Plasma

Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name

Renin Direct, Plasma

Clinical Info

Specimen Type

Blood

Container

Lavender Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube(s)
Specimen: 1 mL (minimum volume: 0.80 mL) of plasma
Do not pre-chill EDTA blood collection tubes nor store tubes on ice, but process blood at room temperature.
Centrifuge tubes in a non-refrigerated centrifuge.

Separate EDTA-plasma from cells immediately after centrifugation, then aliquot and immediately deep-freeze at -20°C or below.
Send patient to a Northwell patient service center for collection if physician office cannot centrifuge and freeze plasma.

Transport Instructions

Frozen (–20°C or below)

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Chemiluminescent Immunoassay (CLIA)

Days Performed

Monday through Friday
TAT 48 hours

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

84244

PDM

5900020

Result Interpretation

Values > 33.2 pg/ml will flag as abnormal, but will need to be correlated with patient's collection posture for interpretation
 

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