Test Overview
Aid in diagnosis when Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is suspected. Decreased platelet count, elevated D-Dimers, prolonged PT and aPTT, and decreased fibrinogen are markers of DIC.
Test Details
1 hour
- Consumptive Coagulopathy
- DIC Workup
- DIC
- DIC / COAG DIC WORK-UP
- DIC Panel
STAT requests for this test will be performed on a STAT basis (supervisory staff approval is not required).
Specimen Requirements
This test requires both a blue top and lavender top tube.
1. Collect specimen in a blue top sodium citrate 3.2% Vacutainer® tube. Mix by inversion. Specimen should arrive at lab within 3 hours of collection; transport at room temperature. Alternatively, centrifuge, aliquot plasma into a plastic vial, and freeze the specimen within 4 hours of collection. Transport frozen specimen on dry ice. Collection of the blood through lines that have been previously flushed with heparin should be avoided. If the blood must be drawn through a VAD (vascular access device), the line should be flushed with 5 mL of saline and the first 5 mL of blood or six dead space volumes of the VAD discarded.
2. Collect additional specimen in a lavender top EDTA K2 Vacutainer® tube or EDTA K2 Microtainer® tube. Send intact whole blood specimen within 24 hours if stored at room temperature or 48 hours if refrigerated.
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Full 2.7 mL tube or 1 mL plasma aliquot
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Lavender top EDTA K2:
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3mL EDTA K2 whole blood or 500 uL whole blood in an EDTA K2 Microtainer® tube
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Full 1.8 mL tube or 1 mL plasma aliquot
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Lavender top EDTA K2:
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1 mL EDTA K2 whole blood or 300 uL whole blood in an EDTA K2 Microtainer® tube
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Additional Information
Panel includes Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT), Prothrombin Time with INR (PT7), Fibrinogen (FIB), Advanced D-Dimer (ADV DIMER), and Platelet Count (PLT). A platelet count obtained within 24 hours of the DIC collection time may be used if no EDTA K2 specimen is submitted concurrently.