Test Mnemonic
CERULO
CPT Codes
LOINC ®
2064-4
Performing Laboratory
Cleveland Clinic Laboratories
Specimen Requirements
| Volume |
Type |
Container |
Collect Temperature |
Transport Temperature |
Special Instructions |
| 1 mL | Plasma | Lithium heparin PST (Lt. Green) | | Refrigerated | If collected in a non-gel separator tube. Centrifuge and transfer plasma/serum to a CCL tube and refrigerate. |
Alternate Specimen Requirements
| Volume |
Type |
Container |
Collect Temperature |
Transport Temperature |
Special Instructions |
| 1 mL | Serum | SST (Gold) | | Refrigerated | If collected in a non-gel separator tube. Centrifuge and transfer plasma/serum to a CCL tube and refrigerate. |
Minimum Specimen Requirements
| Volume |
Type |
Container |
Collect Temperature |
Transport Temperature |
Special Instructions |
| 0.5 mL | | | | | |
Stability
| Environmental Condition |
Description |
| Ambient | After separation from cells: 8 days |
| Refrigerated | After separation from cells: 2 weeks |
| Frozen | After separation from cells: 1 year |
Days Performed
Sun - Sat
Turnaround Time
8 hours
Methodology
| Name |
Description |
| Immunoturbidometric Assay | |
Reference Range
| Ceruloplasmin |
| Sex |
Age From |
Age To |
Type |
Range |
Range Unit |
| Male | | | Normal | 15 - 30 | mg/dL |
Female | | | Normal | 16 - 45 | mg/dL |
