ABOLabs LLC

A specialty laboratory kit can arrive looking deceptively simple: a box, several tubes, paperwork, and a return label.

Inside that box, however, may be a carefully timed collection process involving fasting instructions, specialized tubes, centrifugation, temperature control, patient-completed samples, and strict shipping requirements.

That is where ABOLabs comes in.

ABOLabs provides professional specialty kit collections for Colorado patients who need help completing blood draws and other professionally collected specimens outside a traditional laboratory setting.

What Is a Specialty Kit Draw?

A specialty kit draw is a blood or specimen collection completed with materials supplied by an outside laboratory or testing company.

The kit may be ordered by a healthcare provider, supplied through a specialty laboratory, or purchased through an approved direct-to-consumer testing pathway.

Depending on the test, a kit may include:

• Specialized blood collection tubes
• Saliva, urine, stool, or swab containers
• Patient labels and laboratory barcodes
• A test requisition or electronic activation number
• Patient preparation instructions
• Biohazard bags and absorbent materials
• Temperature-control packaging
• A prepaid shipping label
• A laboratory-specific return box

The instructions are part of the test. They determine how the sample must be collected, processed, stored, packaged, and returned.

Why Can Specialty Kits Be Difficult to Complete?

Patients are sometimes surprised to learn that a nearby laboratory or walk-in collection center cannot accept their outside kit.

Every collection site has its own policies. Some facilities only collect orders entered into their own laboratory system. Others may not process externally supplied tubes, complete another company’s paperwork, prepare specialty packaging, or coordinate outside shipping.

Specialty kits may also require services that are not part of a standard walk-in blood draw, such as:

• Multiple or uncommon tube types
• Timed centrifugation
• Serum or plasma separation
• Refrigerated or frozen handling
• Protection from freezing
• Same-day shipping
• Patient-completed urine or stool samples
• Laboratory activation before collection
• Strict fasting or medication instructions
• Detailed requisitions and kit identifiers

A missing signature, incorrect tube, incomplete label, or missed shipping window can delay testing or result in a rejected specimen.

How ABOLabs Helps with Specialty Kit Draws

ABOLabs works with many national and specialty laboratory kits.

Before the appointment, we may ask the patient or provider to send photographs of the kit, requisition, tube contents, and collection instructions. This allows us to identify the collection requirements and confirm that the necessary materials are present.

Depending on the kit and service arranged, ABOLabs may assist with:

• Reviewing the available collection instructions
• Confirming the required tubes and materials
• Performing the professional blood draw
• Labeling specimens with the required information
• Completing collection dates and times
• Centrifuging specimens when required
• Separating serum or plasma when instructed
• Preparing specimens for room-temperature, refrigerated, or frozen transport
• Placing specimens into the supplied packaging
• Preparing the kit for courier or carrier handoff
• Delivering or dropping off the package when included in the appointment

Not every kit requires every service. ABOLabs follows the instructions provided for the specific order rather than applying one general process to every box.



Specialty Laboratories ABOLabs Commonly Works With

The laboratories and examples below represent common types of kits ABOLabs encounters. Test menus, preparation instructions, and shipping requirements can change, so the instructions included with the current kit always take priority.

Vibrant Wellness and Vibrant America

Vibrant Wellness offers a broad menu of specialty testing that may involve blood, saliva, urine, or stool specimens.

Blood-based orders may include tests such as:

• Food Zoomer panels
• Wheat Zoomer
• Food sensitivity profiles
• Micronutrient testing
• Environmental or toxin-related panels
• Immune and wellness-related testing

The exact number and type of tubes depend on the ordered panel. Some orders may also include portions the patient must collect independently.

ABOLabs can complete the professional blood-draw portion, follow the supplied processing instructions, and prepare the collection for its required return pathway.

SpectraCell Laboratories

SpectraCell provides specialty blood testing that may include:

• MicroNutrient testing
• Lipoprotein particle and cardiovascular testing
• Wellness panels
• Certain genetic or cellular health assessments

SpectraCell kits may arrive pre-labeled and include prepaid overnight shipping materials.

Because shipping timing matters, patients should avoid scheduling the draw until they have the complete kit and can confirm the return package can be handed off within the laboratory’s permitted window.

Boston Heart Diagnostics

Boston Heart Diagnostics provides advanced cardiovascular, lipid, metabolic, hormone, and related laboratory testing.

Boston Heart collections can require:

• Multiple tube types
• Complete tube filling
• Timed centrifugation
• Refrigerated specimen handling
• Frozen cold packs
• Careful separation of specimens and paperwork
• Prompt return shipping

The preparation instructions depend on the ordered tests. Some patients may also receive fasting or supplement-related instructions from the ordering provider or laboratory.

ABOLabs reviews the current requisition and specimen-preparation materials before completing the collection.

Genova Diagnostics

Genova Diagnostics offers specialty testing involving blood, urine, stool, saliva, and breath specimens.

Examples may include:

• Nutritional profiles
• GI Effects testing
• Hormone-related profiles
• Environmental exposure testing
• Urine elemental analysis
• Certain genomic or swab-based collections

Some Genova kits involve several stages.

The patient may need to activate the kit online, complete at-home specimens, freeze supplied packs, follow dietary instructions, or fast before the professional blood draw. These steps should be completed exactly as directed before ABOLabs arrives.

ABOLabs can complete the blood portion and package it with patient-collected specimens when the instructions and appointment scope allow.

Access Medical Laboratories

Access Medical Laboratories offers blood, urine, saliva, allergy, hormone, cardiovascular, and other specialty testing.

Collection requirements differ across the menu. Some tests use blood that must be centrifuged and packed, while others include saliva or urine collected by the patient.

ABOLabs can review the specific Access Medical order and determine which portions require professional collection or processing.

Natera

Natera produces several physician-ordered genetic and cell-free DNA collection kits across women’s health, oncology, and organ health.

These kits can have highly specific requirements for:

• Tube type
• Minimum fill volume
• Mixing immediately after collection
• Temperature protection
• Completed requisitions
• Same-day or prompt shipping

Some Natera specimens must remain at room temperature and should not be refrigerated or frozen.

Because the requirements vary by test, ABOLabs must review the exact Natera kit rather than relying on instructions from a different Natera product.

Peekaboo Early Gender DNA Kits

Peekaboo offers early fetal-sex DNA testing through self-collection and professional-collection options.

Patients who prefer not to collect their own sample may choose a professional blood draw when their kit and eligibility requirements allow.

These collections require close attention to the manufacturer’s instructions and contamination precautions. ABOLabs performs the collection but does not interpret the result or provide prenatal medical advice.

What Should Patients Do Before the Appointment?

A little preparation helps prevent a kit appointment from unraveling into cardboard archaeology.

Before scheduling, patients should:

1. Confirm that the complete kit has arrived.
2. Check the expiration date.
3. Review any fasting or preparation instructions.
4. Complete required online activation.
5. Fill out patient sections of the paperwork.
6. Confirm that the ordering provider completed required sections.
7. Verify that the return shipping label is included.
8. Send ABOLabs photographs of the kit and instructions when requested.
9. Complete any patient-collected portions at the instructed time.
10. Keep frozen packs or other materials at the required temperature.

Patients should not guess about fasting, supplements, medications, or collection timing. Questions about medical preparation should be directed to the ordering provider or specialty laboratory.

Specialty Kit Draw Questions and Answers

Do I need to have the kit before scheduling ABOLabs?

For most mobile specialty kit draws, yes.

The patient should have the complete kit before the appointment so ABOLabs can review the tubes, paperwork, processing requirements, and return instructions.

A mobile appointment may need to be rescheduled if the necessary materials are missing.

Does ABOLabs provide the specialty kit?

Usually, no.

The kit is generally supplied by the specialty laboratory, ordering provider, or testing company. ABOLabs provides the professional collection service and any agreed processing or delivery support.

Some arrangements may differ when ABOLabs is coordinating directly with a laboratory partner.

Can ABOLabs draw any specialty kit?

ABOLabs can work with many specialty kits, but every kit must be reviewed individually.

We may be unable to complete a collection when instructions are missing, the kit is expired, required equipment is unavailable, the return window cannot be met, or the collection falls outside our service scope.

Do I need a healthcare provider’s order?

That depends on the test and laboratory.

Some kits require an order from a licensed healthcare provider. Others may be available through an approved direct-to-consumer ordering process.

ABOLabs does not create or alter a medical order unless a separate direct-to-consumer ordering service has been specifically arranged.

Will I need to fast?

Possibly.

Fasting requirements depend on the specific test. Patients should follow the instructions from their provider or laboratory.

Do not assume that every cholesterol, hormone, nutrient, or wellness kit has the same preparation requirements.

Can ABOLabs centrifuge my samples?

ABOLabs has mobile processing capabilities for many kits that require centrifugation.

The kit must be reviewed in advance so we can confirm the required settings, timing, tube type, separation steps, and transport conditions.

Will ABOLabs ship the kit?

ABOLabs can prepare many kits for shipping and may provide a carrier drop-off or courier handoff when that service is included in the appointment.

The kit should contain a valid return label and approved packaging. Shipping availability depends on the carrier schedule, collection time, weather, service area, and specimen requirements.

What if my kit requires a frozen specimen?

Contact ABOLabs before scheduling.

Some frozen specimens require patient preparation, pre-frozen cold packs, a specific freezer temperature, or a minimum freezing period. ABOLabs must confirm that the storage and shipping requirements can be met.

Can I complete the urine, saliva, or stool portion myself?

Many kits include portions that are collected by the patient at home.

Follow the laboratory’s instructions exactly. ABOLabs can collect the professional blood portion and may package patient-collected specimens when that service is arranged and the materials are ready.

What happens if paperwork is incomplete?

Incomplete paperwork can delay the specimen or prevent the laboratory from processing it.

ABOLabs can enter collection information and verify visible labels, but the patient and ordering provider remain responsible for completing their required portions of the requisition.

Does ABOLabs receive or explain my results?

No.

Results are generally delivered by the specialty laboratory to the patient, ordering provider, or online portal.

ABOLabs collects and prepares specimens. We do not interpret specialty laboratory reports, diagnose conditions, or recommend treatment.

The Box Is Only the Beginning

A specialty test kit contains more than tubes and packing materials. It contains a laboratory-specific roadmap.

ABOLabs helps Colorado patients follow that roadmap by providing professional collection, careful processing, accurate labeling, and coordinated specimen logistics.

Whether your kit comes from Vibrant Wellness, SpectraCell, Boston Heart Diagnostics, Genova Diagnostics, Access Medical Laboratories, Natera, Peekaboo, or another specialty company, contact us before scheduling so we can review the requirements.

Your Couch. Your Lab.

To ask about a specialty kit draw, visit abolabs.org, call 720-218-8748, or email scheduling@abolabs.org.

ABOLabs is an independent phlebotomy and specimen-collection service. We do not perform diagnostic testing or interpret laboratory results. Acceptance of a kit depends on its instructions, materials, expiration date, required equipment, collection timing, shipping method, location, and ABOLabs service availability.

Republished June 27, 2026.