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| 42000:HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) 1 AND 2 ANTIBODIES, REFLEX BY WESTERN BLOT | |||||||||
| Alias Names: | AIDS / HIV Antibodies 1 and 2 | ||||||||
| Methodology: | Chemiluminescence (CL) | ||||||||
| Edit Date: | 11/16/2009 | ||||||||
| Performed: | Daily | ||||||||
| Released: | Same day as tested | ||||||||
| CPT Code: | 86703 | ||||||||
| Specimen Collection Details | |||||||||
| Collection: | One 7.5 mL serum separator tube (SST). Also acceptable: One 5 mL red top tube. | ||||||||
| Handling: | Allow to clot, centrifuge and immediately separate serum from cells. Refrigerate. Freeze if specimen will not be assayed within 14 days. Allow no more than six freeze/thaw cycles. | ||||||||
| Standard Volume: | 2 mL serum. | ||||||||
| Minimum Volume: | 1 mL serum. | ||||||||
| Transport: | Refrigerated, or frozen on dry ice. | ||||||||
| Comments: | A reactive anti-HIV test is repeated in duplicate before reporting.
The presence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1/2) has become the standard test for HIV infection. Positive HIV antibody screens are confirmed by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Western Blot (97250) |
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| Rejection Criteria: | Specimen frozen/thawed more than six times. | ||||||||
| Negative. | |||||||||||||||||||