Specimen Stability
Ensure collection samples are correctly stored.
You are welcome to return multiple specimens in one shipment
Type of Specimen | Stability |
Food or Inhalant lgA, lgG, or lgG4 Panels |
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Dried Blood Spot Cord (DBS) | 30 days at ambient temperature with relative humidity < 60% or refrigerated, 90 days frozen |
Serum | 30 days at ambient temperature, 75 days at refrigerated or frozen |
Vitamin D Panel |
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Serum | 60 days at ambient temperature, refrigerated or frozen |
Food or Inhalant lgE Panels |
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Dried Blood Spot Cord (DBS) | 28 days frozen |
Microtainer | 7 days at ambient temperature |
Serum | 28 days frozen |
Comprehensive IgE |
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Microtainer | 7 days at ambient temperature, refrigerated or frozen; |
Serum | 14 days at ambient temperature, refrigerated or frozen |
Organic Acids and/ or Environmental Pollutants Proflles |
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Urine Card | 14 days at ambient temperature, 90 days at refrigerated or frozen |
Candida Panel |
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Dried Blood Spot Cord (DBS) | 28 days at ambient temperature with relative humidity < 60%, refrigerated or frozen |
Serum | 14 days at ambient temperature or refrigerated, 60 days frozen |
Celiac Panel |
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Serum | 15 days at ambient temperature or refrigerated, 90 days frozen |
COVID-19 Tests |
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Serum/Plasma | 14 days at ambient temperature, 14 days at refrigerated, 28 days or longer if frozen |
Swab/Saliva | 14 days refrigerated, 28 days frozen |
Thyroid Panels |
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Serum | 14 days frozen |
STD Panel |
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Serum |
7 days at ambient temperature, refrigerated or frozen; |
Urine | 7 days at ambient temperature, 14 days at refrigerated, 30 days frozen |
Mycotoxin Panel |
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Urine | 7 days at ambient temperature |
MOE-Tox Panel |
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Urine | 7 days at ambient temperature |