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| 48059:PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS CRYOGLOBULIN PROTOCOL | |||||||||
| Alias Names: | SPE / Cryoglogulin Protocol / Serum Electrophoresis | ||||||||
| Methodology: | Agarose High Resolution Electrophoresis | ||||||||
| Edit Date: | 3/17/2009 | ||||||||
| Performed: | Monday-Friday | ||||||||
| Released: | 1-3 days of receipt in laboratory | ||||||||
| CPT Code: | 84165 | ||||||||
| Specimen Collection Details | |||||||||
| Collection: | NOTE: If unable to process specimen as directed, refer patient to any PeaceHealth Laboratories Patient Service Center for collection. One 5 mL red top tube. Do not use serum separator tube (SST). |
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| Handling: | Specimen must clot for 45 minutes at 37° C using a heat pack, water bath, or dry incubator. Maintain the specimen at 37° C until centrifuged and the serum is separated. Once separated, serum may be stored and transported cold. Indicate that the serum was processed correctly by labeling the tube ”used cyro protocol.” | ||||||||
| Standard Volume: | 1 mL serum. | ||||||||
| Minimum Volume: | 0.7 mL serum. | ||||||||
| Transport: | Refrigerated. | ||||||||
| Rejection Criteria: | Specimen collected in serum separator tube (SST); cryo protocol not followed. | ||||||||
| Reference Range: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Component | Reference Range | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Protein, Total | 6.2-8.4 g/dL | ||||||||||||||||||
| Albumin | 3.5-5.0 g/dL | 55-75% | |||||||||||||||||
| Alpha-1 | 0.1-0.3 g/dL | 3-6% | |||||||||||||||||
| Alpha-2 | 0.3-1.0 g/dL | 5-13% | |||||||||||||||||
| Beta-1 | 0.3-0.7 g/dL | 4-9% | |||||||||||||||||
| Beta-2 | 0.1-0.4 g/dL | 2-5% | |||||||||||||||||
| Gamma | 0.6-1.6 g/dL | 9-20% | |||||||||||||||||