80185:WEST NILE VIRUS ANTIBODY, IgM
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| Methodology: |
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) |
| Edit Date: |
11/5/2008 |
| Performed: |
Tuesday, Friday |
| Released: |
1-8 days after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab. |
| CPT Code: |
86788-90 |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
One 7.5 mL serum separator tube (SST). |
| Handling: |
Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum from cells immediately. |
| Stability: |
48 hours ambient, 14 days refrigerated, or 1 year frozen. |
| Standard Volume: |
1 mL serum. |
| Minimum Volume: |
0.15 mL serum. |
| Transport: |
Refrigerated. |
| Comments: |
This test is intended to be used as a semi-quantitative means of detecting West Nile virus-specific IgM in serum specimens in which there is a clinical suspicion of West Nile infection. |
| Rejection Criteria: |
Plasma; heat-inactivated, severely lipemic, contaminated, or hemolyzed specimens; more than one freeze/thaw cycle. |