Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories

Collect

Plain red top or SST tube.

Specimen Preparation

Onsite [NJH]: Transport to lab within 1 hour.
Offsite: Separate serum from cells within 2 hours by centrifuge and aliquot into a labeled polypropylene or similar plastic tube.
Preferred volume: 1 mL serum

Pediatric Collection

Minimum volume: 0.15 mL serum

Storage Transport Temp

Onsite [NJH]: Transport to lab within 1 hour.
Offsite: Separate plasma from cells within 2 hours by centrifuge and aliquot into a labeled polypropylene or similar plastic tube.
Preferred volume: 1 mL serum

Stability

Stability after cell separation:
1 week at RT (15-25°C)
1 month at 2-8°C

Performed

Monday - Friday

Methodology

Dye Binding, Bromocresol Green

Reported

4 hour routine, 1 hour STAT

Department

Core Lab

Synonyms

AFP

Reference Interval

Albumin, Serum	Human
	Male	Female
	g/dL
Newborn-11 months	2.7-4.8	2.7-4.8
1 year - 17 years	3.1-4.8	3.1-4.8
18+ years	3.5-5.0	3.5-5.0

CPT Code

82040