Potassium bromide - manual

Specimen Type/Volume

1.5 mL serum.

Shipping Information

Ship in insulated container with freezer packs.

Collection Protocol

Collect blood into a red-top vacutainer; avoid hemolysis. Allow the sample to clot. Centrifuge the sample; separate the serum from the cells and transfer to a leakproof, labelled tube. Refrigerate or freeze and ship with freezer packs. Lithium-heparin plasma is acceptable, however laboratory reference intervals are for serum samples.

Additional Information

Due to the long half-life of potassium bromide, timing of serum sample collection is not critical once steady-state levels have been achieved.