2331      Centromere AB
Specimen:
  Collect: One 7.5 mL SST  
  Submit: 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.  
  Special Handling: Allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature
Avoid Repeated Freeze/Thaw Cycles
Separate from cells ASAP 
  Rejection Criteria: Grossly Hemolyzed Samples
Grossly Lipemic Samples 
  Stability: Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 2 Day(s); Frozen: 1 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable 
Methodology: Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay (FPIA) 
Performed: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 
Reported: 2-4 Day(s)
Positive results are repeated with a titer the next testing day. 
CPT Codes:
86255 - Fluorescent Antibody Screen
Interpretive Data:
General Reference Range : none detected