58790:TREPONEMA (SYPHILIS) ANTIBODY, IgG
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| Methodology: |
Multiplex Flow Immunoassay (Luminex) |
| Edit Date: |
4/19/2010 |
| Performed: |
Daily |
| Released: |
Same day as tested |
| CPT Code: |
86780 |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
One 7.5 mL serum separator tube (SST) or one 5 mL red top tube. |
| Handling: |
Allow to clot and separate serum immediately into a plastic vial. Refrigerate. Freeze ≤ -20° C if specimen cannot be tested within 7 days. Allow no more than 3 freeze/thaw cycles. |
| Stability: |
8 hours ambient, 7 days refrigerated, or indefinitely frozen. |
| Standard Volume: |
1 mL serum |
| Minimum Volume: |
0.5 mL serum |
| Transport: |
Refrigerated, or frozen on dry ice. |
| Rejection Criteria: |
Plasma, gross lipemia, hemolysis, or contamination; refrigerated specimen received in laboratory more than 7 days, or ambient more than 8 hours, after collection; specimen frozen/thawed more than 3 times. |