1884 Hepatitis BC Panel

Specimen:

Collect:

One 7.5 mL SST

Also Acceptable
Two 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)
Two 4 mL Lavender (EDTA)

Submit:

3 mL (Min:1.5 mL) Serum. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Also Acceptable
3 mL (Min:1.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling:

Avoid Repeated Freeze/Thaw Cycles

Stability:

Ambient: 1 Day(s); Refrigerated: 1 Week(s); Frozen: 1 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Chemiluminescence; Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA)

Performed:

Mon-Fri

Reported:

1-3 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

86704	86706
86803	87340

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

2103 - HBsAg	2104 - ANTI-HBs
2203 - ANTI-HBc, TOTAL	2304 - ANTI-HCV
5881 - INTERP