Fibrinogen | Cleveland Clinic Laboratories

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Test Mnemonic

FIBCT

CPT Codes

85384 - QTY (1)

LOINC ^®

3255-7

Performing Laboratory

Cleveland Clinic Laboratories

Specimen Requirements

Volume	Type	Container	Collect Temperature	Transport Temperature	Special Instructions
1 mL	Plasma	Sodium citrate (Lt. Blue)		Centrifuge, aliquot and freeze ASAP.	Collection tube must be filled to total fill volume. Inadequately filled tubes will be rejected. NonTesting Sites: Centrifuge, aliquot platelet poor plasma into a separate tube with Epic Beaker label, freeze plasma at -20C, send frozen plasma to Main Campus on dry ice.
1.8 mL	Whole blood	Sodium citrate (Lt. Blue)		Centrifuge, aliquot and freeze ASAP.	Collection tube must be filled to total fill volume. Inadequately filled tubes will be rejected. NonTesting Sites: Centrifuge, aliquot platelet poor plasma into a separate tube with Epic Beaker label, freeze plasma at -20C, send frozen plasma to Main Campus on dry ice.

Stability

Environmental Condition	Description
Ambient	4 hours
Refrigerated	Unacceptable
Frozen	14 days at -20 C; 6 months at -70 C

Days Performed

Sun - Sat

Turnaround Time

8 hours

Methodology

Name	Description
Automated Optical Clot Detection

Reference Range

Fibrinogen
Sex	Age From	Age To	Type	Range	Range Unit
	Days	1 Days	Normal	214 - 399	mg/dL
	2 Days	5 Days	Normal	208 - 462	mg/dL
	6 Days	30 Days	Normal	208 - 378	mg/dL
	1 Months	3 Months	Normal	137 - 379	mg/dL
	4 Months	11 Months	Normal	147 - 387	mg/dL
	1 Years	99 Years	Normal	200 - 400	mg/dL
	Years	99 Years	Urgent	< 100	mg/dL
~			Urgent	>999999	mg/dL
~	Days	2 Days	Urgent	<=99	mg/dL
~	2 Days	6 Days	Urgent	<=99	mg/dL
~	6 Days	1 Months	Urgent	<=99	mg/dL
~	1 Years	999 Years	Urgent	<=99	mg/dL
~	1 Months	4 Months	Urgent	<=99	mg/dL
~	4 Months	1 Years	Urgent	<=99	mg/dL
~			Critical	<100	mg/dL

Special Info

Collection tube must be filled to total fill volume. Inadequately filled tubes will be rejected.

Clinical Info

Evaluation of hemostasis