Haptoglobin test

HAPTOGLOBIN TEST

DESCRIPTION – this test measures the amount of haptoglobin in the blood. Haptoglobin is a protein made by your liver. It attaches to a certain type of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein in your red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body.

METHODOLOGY – quantitative immunoturbidimetry

TURN AROUND TIME – within 24 hours

SPECIMEN REQUIERED –

PATIENT PREPARATION – fasting specimen required

COLLECT – plasma separator or serum separator tube

SPECIMEN PREPARATION – allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature

STORAGE/TRANSPORT TEMPERATURE – refrigerated

STABILITY – ambient: 3 months; refrigerated: 8 months; frozen: 1 month

UNACCEPTABLE CONDITION – grossly hemolyzed specimens

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS – clinical history is mandatory