Special Communication:

1 mL platelet-poor plasma (Minimum: 0.5 mL) from a 3.2 % sodium citrate (light blue) tube

Ambient: Centrifuge within one hour of phlebotomy and test or freeze platelet-poor plasma within 4 hours
Refrigerated: Unacceptable
Frozen: 2 weeks at minus 20 °C; 6 months at minus 70 °C

0-99 Years: Therapeutic range: 0.3 – 0.7 (standard nomogram) IU/mL
0-99 Years: < 0.10 IU/mL
0-99 Years: Stroke or low dose protocol: 0.2 – 0.5 IU/mL

0-1 Days: 7.9-14.8 sec
2-5 Days: 7.4-14.2 sec
6-30 Days: 7.2-13.3 sec
1-3 Months: 7.2-13.2 sec
4-11 Months: 8.3-12.9 sec
1-99 Years: 8.4-13.0 sec

0-1 Days: 28.7-45.1 sec
2-5 Days: 23.3-49.4 sec
6-30 Days: 23.5-45.6 sec
1-3 Months: 22.1-41.4 sec
4-11 Months: 25.8-35.5 sec
1-99 Years: 24.4-33.4 sec

0-99 Years: < 30.9 sec

0-99 Years: < 33.6 sec

0-1 Days: < 17.4 sec
2-5 Days: < 17.9 sec
6-30 Days: < 17.9 sec
1-3 Months: < 18.2 sec
4-11 Months: < 19.1 sec
1-99 Years: < 18.6 sec

0-99 Years: Therapeutic range: 0.3-0.7 (standard nomogram) IU/mL
0-99 Years: < 0.10 IU/mL
0-99 Years: Stroke or low dose protocol: 0.2 – 0.5 IU/mL