Von Willebrand Multimer

Test Name

Von Willebrand Multimers

Alternate Description

Von Willebrand Factor (Multimer Analysis)

LIS Code

VWF

Lab Section

Specimen Processing Area

Fluid Type

Plasma

Specimen Tube Type Transport

Blue Top Tube

Container Whole Blood Required

4 ml whole blood in a Sodium Citrate Blue Top Tube

Summary Test Name

Von Willebrand Multimer

Specimen Preparation Outreach

Not available as an outreach test. Send patient to UPC laboratory for blood collection.

Minimum Volume

1.0 ml plasma

Specimen Transport

Frozen

Specimen Preparation In House

Spin at the highest speed for 10 minutes. Remove plasma to a plastic tube, using a plastic pipette. Spin again and pipette platelets poor plasma into 2 plastic screw capped vials. (0.5 ml of plasma for each aliquot). Freeze immediately at -70 degrees.

Reference Value

Accompanies report