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| 42130:HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY (ANTI-HBc) | |||||||||
| Alias Names: | Anti-HBc | ||||||||
| Methodology: | Chemiluminescence (CL) | ||||||||
| Edit Date: | 11/14/2009 | ||||||||
| Performed: | Daily | ||||||||
| Released: | Same day as tested | ||||||||
| CPT Code: | 86704 | ||||||||
| Specimen Collection Details | |||||||||
| Collection: | One 7.5 mL serum separator tube (SST). Also acceptable:One 5 mL red top tube. Patients need not be fasting and no special preparations are necessary. | ||||||||
| Handling: | Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum from cells immediately. Refrigerate. Freeze if specimen cannot be assayed within 48 hours. Allow no more than two freeze/thaw cycles. If multiple tests are ordered, send separate specimen for this test. | ||||||||
| Standard Volume: | 2 mL serum. | ||||||||
| Minimum Volume: | 1 mL serum. | ||||||||
| Transport: | Refrigerated; or if frozen, on dry ice. | ||||||||
| Comments: | Used to monitor the progress of hepatitis B viral infection. Anti-HBc is found in serum shortly after appearance of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAG) in acute hepatitis B and will persist after the disappearance of HBsAG and before the appearance of detectable antibody to HBsAG (Anti-HBs). | ||||||||
| Rejection Criteria: | Gross hemolysis; gross lipemia; heat-inactivated specimens; specimen received in laboratory more than 48 hours after collection
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