91125 Hepatitis C Antibody by RIBA

Specimen:

Collect:

One 7.5 mL SST

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Lavender (EDTA)

Submit:

1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Also Acceptable
1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling:

Avoid Repeated Freeze/Thaw Cycles
Separate aliquot required for each frozen test ordered
Separate from cells ASAP

Rejection Criteria:

Grossly Hemolyzed Samples
Grossly Lipemic Samples
Lipemic Samples

Stability:

Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 1 Week(s); Frozen: 24 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Recombinant Immunoblot Assay (RIBA)

Performed:

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Reported:

2-6 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

86804

Interpretive Data:

General Reference Range : negative