50500:ANTIBODY SCREEN
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
 Print View Attached Docs: |
| Alias Names: |
AB Screen |
| Methodology: |
Solid Phase Antibody Adherence / Hemagglutination (HA) / Indirect Antiglobulin Test (IAT) |
| Edit Date: |
3/17/2009 |
| Performed: |
Monday-Friday (except holidays); STAT testing performed daily |
| Released: |
Next day (Monday if received Friday) |
| CPT Code: |
86850 |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
Two dedicated 6 mL pink top tubes (EDTA). Also acceptable: Three 4 mL lavender top tubes (EDTA). |
| Handling: |
Do not centrifuge or separate plasma. Print patient’s full name and birthdate on tube. Do not cover original label if it contains handwritten information. |
| Stability: |
72 hours. |
| Standard Volume: |
12 mL whole blood. |
| Minimum Volume: |
3 mL whole blood. Note: Minimum volume will not be sufficient to perform identification of antibodies, if present. |
| Transport: |
Refrigerated preferred, or ambient. |
| Comments: |
Antibody Identification (51000) will be performed if antibody screen is positive. An additional charge will be added for this test. |
| Rejection Criteria: |
Gross hemolysis; serum separator tube (SST); incorrect or incomplete labeling; discrepancy between requisition and specimen label. |