Procalcitonin
Also known as PCT, Sepsis Procalcitonin, Sepsis PCT
What it measures
- ProcalcitoninLOINC 33959-8
Specimen
- Specimen
- 2 mL serum
- Minimum volume
- 0.5 mL
- Also accepted
- Plasma collected in: EDTA (lavender-top) tube, sodium heparin (green-top) tube, or lithium heparin (green-top) tube • Serum collected in: Serum separator tube (SST)
- Container
- Transport tube
- Temperature
- Refrigerated (cold packs)
Allow blood (red-top) to fully coagulate at room temperature. Within 1 hour of collection, centrifuge serum at 2000 rpm for 10 minutes. Immediately transfer serum into a clean plastic screw-capped vial and refrigerate.
Turnaround
Set up: Sun-Fri
Billing
CPT 84145