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Laboratory Medicine

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Free Kappa, Free Lamda Ratio (Free Light Chains)

Test Name

Free Kappa, Free Lamda Ratio (Free Light Chains)

Gold Tube Specimen Type / Requirements

Container Type = 1 Gold Top (SST)

Minimum Volume = 2 ml serum

Tube must fill to at least ½ or greater of its vacuum capacity

Specimen Handling

Collection Instructions: Collect sample in gold top (SST) tube. Write your initials, date and time of collection on the collection label.

Special Instructions: Specimen must be labelled properly. Sperate as soon and possible and send refrigrated

Rejection Criteria: Grossly hemolyzed, lipemic, Unlabeled or Not Sufficient Quantity Samples will be rejected.

Stability: Stable refrigerated for 21 days 2-8°C and frozen at or below -20 °C for more than 21 days.

Transportation: Send sample to core lab as soon as possible.

Required Documentation

Turnaround Time (TAT)

2 Days or STAT Weekdays only

Test Utilization

Reference Value

TBD

Test Code

FKLR

Methodology

Nephelometry

Testing Location

Referred Out – ON, Canada (ROSJ03)

Other Information

Last Updated: June 06, 2019