Alpha-Glycoprotein Subunit, Blood (Referred Out) - Saskatoon

Overview

Description

Test ordering requirements

​Preferred specimen collection

• Refer patient to a Laboratory Health Services Centre or a Hospital Test Centre able to process specimens within required time frame

Alias

• ​A-Glycoprotein subunits
• Alpha Chain Glycoprotein subunits
• Glycoprotein subunits
• TSH/FSH/LH subunits

Specimen Information

Specimen types accepted

• ​Serum

Specimen collection container

• ​Preferred collection container: Gold (gel) 5 mL
• Alternative collection container: Red (non-gel) 6mL

Collection procedure

• Specimen must be collected, processed, aliquotted and frozen within 45-60 minutes of collection.

Required volume

• Optimal volume: 4.5 mL full collection tube
• Minimum volume: 1 mL serum

(Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory/reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum volume may require a second collection.)

Transport and stability

• Store frozen
• Ship to referral lab on dry ice

Rejection criteria

• ​Specimens received where the collection protocols were not followed
• LSM-933 Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Acceptance and Rejection Criteria

Performance

Days/times performed

Availability	Shipped overnight Mondays and Wednesdays
Testing site​	Referred out by St. Paul’s Hospital Laboratory to Dynacare (London, Ontario)

 

Maximum laboratory time

Results reporting

• 13 day turn around time by testing laboratory

Last Updated: January 16, 2026