Clinical Coagulation Laboratory

A division of Duke University Regional Referral Laboratory Services

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Central Laboratory Support Services

IL ACL 300+

Testing Turn-around-Times

Test:Frequency:
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) daily
Activated Protein C Resistance (aPTT-based) 1/week
Activated Protein C (PT-based) 1/week
Activated Protein C Resistance (Factor V Leiden) 1/week
ADP Titration Platelet Aggregation Study daily (except weekends)
Alpha-2 Plasmin Inhibitor 2/week
Anticardiolipin Antibodies (IgG, IgM, IgA) 2/week
Antithrombin III-Plasma Activity 2/week
Antithrombin III-Plasma Antigen 1/week
Automated Blood Count daily
Automated Blood Count with Differential daily
Bleeding Time daily
D-Dimer daily
D-Dimer, Titered daily
D-Dimer, (ELISA) 1/week
Dilute Russell’s Viper Venom Screen (dRVVT) daily
Dilute Russell’s Viper Venom Mix/Confirm daily
Epinephrine Titration Platelet Aggregation Study daily (except weekends)
Euglobulin Clot Lysis Time daily
Factor Assays (II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII) daily
Factor V Leiden Polymorphism 1/Week
Factor Xa (Chromogenic) daily
Factor XIII Screen daily
Fibrin(ogen)Degradation Products, Plasma daily
Fibrinogen daily
Fibrinogen Antigen 1/week
Heparin Assay (Anti-Xa)- Porcine Unfactionated daily
Heparin Assay (Anti-Xa)-Low Molecular Weight Heparin daily
Heparin Assay (Anti-Xa)-Heparinoid (danaparoid sodium) daily
Heparin (Porcine)-Induced Platelet Aggreg. (HIT or HAT) daily (except weekends)
Heparin (Low Molecular Weight)-Induced Platelet Aggreg. (HIT or HAT) daily (except weekends)
Heparinoid (danaparoid)-Induced Platelet Aggreg. (HIT or HAT) daily (except weekends)
Hexagonal (II) Phase Phospholipid Assay (StaClot LA) daily
High Molecular Weight Kininogen (Fitzgerald Factor) 1/week
Inhibitor Screen-Incubated Mix (APTT) daily
Inhibitor Titer-Specific Assay (Bethesda) daily
Methyenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Polymorphism (MTHFR) 1/week
Plasminogen Antigen 1/week
Plasminogen (functional) Assay 2/week
Platelet Aggregation Study daily (except weekends)
Platelet Neutralization Procedure daily
Platelet Antibody - Direct daily (except weekends)
Platelet Antibody - Indirect daily (except weekends)
Platelet Antibody - Drug Induced daily (except weekends)
Platelet Factor 4 (ELISA) 1/week
Platelet Specific Antigen - PLA1 daily (except weekends)
PNH Screen daily (except weekends)
Prekallikrein (Fletcher Factor) 1/week
Protein C Functional (Clottable) 2/week
Protein C Functional (Chromogenic) 2/week
Protein C Antigen 1/week
Protein S Functional, (Clottable) 2/week
Protein S Antigen (Free) 1/week
Protein S Antigen (Free) ELISA 1/week
Protein S Antigen (Total) 1/week
Protein S Antigen (Total) ELISA 1/week
Prothrombin Antigen 1/week
Prothrombin (G20210A) Gene Polymorphorism (PTG G20210A) 1/week
Prothrombin-Proconvertin Assay (P+P) 1/week
Prothrombin Time (PT) daily
Prothrombin Time (PT) Mixing Study daily
Reptilase Time daily
Ristocetin Titration Platelet Aggregation Study daily (except weekends)
Thrombin Clotting Time (TCT) daily
Tissue Thromboplastin Inhibition Time daily
von Willebrand Factor Antigen (vWF:Ag) 2/week
von Willebrand Factor Antigen (vWF:Ag)ELISA 2/week
von Willebrand Factor Activity-Ristocetin Cofactor 2/week
von Willebrand Factor Multimers 1/month

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Clinical Coagulation Laboratory
Duke University Medical Center
128 CARL Building
Box 3514
Research Drive
Durham, North Carolina 27710
(919) 684-6366
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Last Modified: September 13, 2003

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