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Order Code SVISC Viscosity, Serum


Specimen Required


Supplies: Sarstedt Aliquot Tube, 5 mL (T914)

Collection Container/Tube: Red top (serum gel/SST are not acceptable)

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 3 mL serum

Collection Instructions:

1. Use a warm pack or heat block to keep specimen at 37° C until after centrifugation.

2. Centrifuge at 37° C and aliquot serum into a plastic vial.


Useful For

Detection of increased viscosity

 

Monitoring patients with hyperviscosity syndrome

 

This test is not useful for patients with small concentrations of monoclonal proteins.

Method Name

Capillary Measurement

Reporting Name

Viscosity, S

Specimen Type

Serum Red

Specimen Minimum Volume

Serum: 2.0 mL

Specimen Stability Information

Specimen Type Temperature Time
Serum Red Refrigerated (preferred) 28 days
  Frozen  28 days
  Ambient  14 days

Reject Due To

Gross hemolysis OK
Gross lipemia OK
Gross icterus OK

Reference Values

≤1.5 centipoises

Method Description

The Benson BV200 automated viscometer employs vacuum pressure through a capillary to measure the dynamic viscosity of serum samples. Samples at ambient temperature are aspirated by the sample probe, which is heated to 37° C. Viscosity results are calculated by the instrument at both 25° C and 37° C temperature points. Viscosity units on board the instrument are mPa.s (milli-pascal seconds), which is the International Standard (SI) unit for viscosity. Centipoise (cP) units are named after French physicist Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille and are used in the centimeter-gram-second (CGS) system of units. 1 mPa.s is equal to 1 cP.(Instruction manual: BV200 Automated Clinical Viscometer User Manual. Benson Viscometers; Ver. 1.5, 02/2020)

Day(s) Performed

Monday through Friday

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester

CPT Code Information

85810

LOINC Code Information

Test ID Test Order Name Order LOINC Value
SVISC Viscosity, S 3128-6

 

Result ID Test Result Name Result LOINC Value
SVISC Viscosity, S 3128-6

Forms

If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send 1 of the following forms with the specimen:

-Benign Hematology Test Request Form (T755)

-Hematopathology/Cytogenetics Test Request (T726)