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Specimen collection

Device, volume, stability and transport for every specimen type we accept. A specimen type serves more than one service line, so these pages cover the specimen rather than the test that ordered it.

  • Venous collection

    Standard venipuncture, serum or whole blood. Requires a licensed phlebotomist.

    144 analytes
  • Tasso capillary serum

    Capillary serum, about 600 µL. A medical assistant or a properly trained patient can collect it, which makes timed and at-home collection practical.

    29 analytes
  • Neoteryx Mitra (VAMS)

    Volumetric absorptive microsample, 30 µL per tip. Absorbs a fixed volume independent of hematocrit — the distinction from a traditional dried blood spot.

    71 analytes
  • Buccal swab

    0 analytes
  • Swab — molecular

    Wound, genital or other site as the panel indicates.

    0 analytes
  • Urine

    Collection cup or tube. Serves molecular, toxicology and the urine chemistry tests.

    70 analytes

Before a late-week collection

Pregnenolone is stable for 72 hours in a red-top tube, against 5 days for every other analyte on the endocrine panel. A Thursday or Friday collection shipped over a weekend can exceed that window.

Where pregnenolone is ordered on a red-top tube, collect early in the week. On the Mitra microsample, stability extends to 10 days — a concrete reason to prefer it for that analyte.

Clinicore Laboratories · 800 N Causeway Blvd, Suite 300, Mandeville, LA 70448
985-869-5163 · [email protected]

CLIA ID 19D2139173 · Laboratory Director Anthony L. Schmidt, MD

Clinicore accepts specimens from all U.S. states except New York and California.

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