91390      Brucella Antibody
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: Avoid freeze and thaw cycles.
If acute and convalescent samples being submitted, label as such. Convalescent sample must be received in lab within 30 days. 
  Rejection Criteria: Bacterially Contaminated Samples
Grossly Hemolyzed Samples
Grossly Lipemic Samples 
  Stability: Ambient: 2 Day(s); Refrigerated: 2 Week(s); Frozen: 6 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable 
Methodology: Agglutination 
Performed: Mon-Fri 
Reported: 3-5 Day(s) 
CPT Codes:
86622
Interpretive Data:
General Reference Range : <1:20