85551:SCHISTOSOMA ANTIBODIES
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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Methodology: |
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) |
Edit Date: |
3/14/2008 |
Performed: |
Thursday |
Released: |
Within 1-8 days after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab |
CPT Code: |
86682-90 |
Specimen Collection Details |
Collection: |
One 7.5 mL serum separator tube (SST). |
Handling: |
Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum from cells and pour into a plastic vial. Refrigerate. |
Stability: |
24 hours ambient, 14 days refrigerated, or 1 year frozen. |
Standard Volume: |
0.5 mL serum. |
Minimum Volume: |
100 µL serum. |
Transport: |
Refrigerated. |
Rejection Criteria: |
Heat-inactivated, lipemic, icteric, hemolytic, turbid or bacterially contaminated specimen. |
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<0.2 OD |
Negative: no significant level of IgG antibody to Schistosoma detected. |
≥0.2 OD |
Positive: Presumptive evidence of a current or past infection with Schistosoma. |
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