Test Code SPHER SMEAR Spherocyte Smear
Methodology
Wright Stain
Performing Laboratory
Decatur Morgan Hospital-Decatur Campus
Specimen Requirements
Draw blood in a lavender-top (EDTA) tube(s), and send 3.5 mL (minimum volume: 1.5 mL peripheral blood in 3 mL EDTA tube/250 µL in MICROTAINER[S]®) of EDTA whole blood at ambient or refrigerated temperature.
Reference Values
None seen
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through Sunday
Test Classification and CPT Coding
85008