| Test Name: | Fibrinogen |
| Epic Order Code: | LAB314 |
| CPT Code: | 85384 | | |
| Specimen(s) Type: | Plasma; Full tube is required |
| Acceptable Container(s): |  Top is light blue. |
| Testing Schedule: | 24 hours/day, 7 days/week |
| Turn Around Time: | STAT: 1 hour |
| | Routine: 4 hours |
| Collection Information: | No special patient preparation is required. Obtain specimen by standard collection procedures. If only Fibrinogen is being collected, draw 5 mL into a red top tube, discard and then collect Fibrinogen tube. A full tube is required. |
| Transport Information: | Deliver to lab immediately. All specimens must be signed into the laboratory. |
| Reference Client: | If unable to deliver to the lab within 1 hour, centrifuge the specimen for 10 minutes at 3500 RPM to ensure platelet poor plasma. Remove plasma from cells, taking care to avoid the WBC/platelet buffy layer and place into a transport tube. Store and transport at room temperature for up to 4 hours. If testing is delayed beyond this, the sample must be stored and transported frozen at -20° C and delivered to lab within 2 weeks. |
| Causes for Rejection: | Improperly labeled, incorrect container, contaminated, insufficient quantity, incorrect/delay in transport, grossly hemolyzed, clotted. |
| Reference Range: | 180 - 400 mg/dL |
| Additional Information: | Fibrinogen is an acute phase responder and elevated levels are seen in pregnancy, and patients with indirect stress. |