Processing Instructions

Lupus Anticoagulant - Draw 2.7 ml in 2 Blue Top tubes. Tube must be filled appropriately to the fill line to ensure accurate results. Centrifuge tube and remove plasma, centrifuge plasma again, and place 1 mL of platelet-poor plasma in 2 aliquot tubes and freeze. 

Beta 2 Glycoprotein and Cardiolipin Antibodies - Draw in a Gold SST  tube. Allow tube to clot for 30 minutes and then centrifuge. Aliquot a minimum of 1.0 mL serum.