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Click on the first letter of test name, or select test group, to review specifications:

 

FIBRINOGEN

Alternate Names: None
Performed: Daily, 24 Hours
Methodology: Thrombin Clotting Time
Turnaround Time: Routine: 4 Hours
Stat: < 1 hour

Container / Specimen Requirements

 
    Container / Tube: Blue Vacutainer® tube (sodium citrate)
    Minimum Volume: 4.5 ml
Special Handling or Timing of Specimen: None
Preparation of Patient: None
Reference Range:

160 - 440 mg/dL

Critical Values: <100 mg/dL

Causes for Specimen Rejection:  Improper labeling.
Hemolysis.
Improperly filled tube.
Contaminated specimens.
Specimen too old.
Clotted specimen.
CareManager Test Group:
CareManager Name/Alias:
CLAB
fib
Specimen Labeling: Click here for policy

 

 
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