Specimen:
Collect
- One SST
Also Acceptable:
- One Lavender (EDTA)
- One Pink Top (EDTA)
- One Red Top
Submit
- 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum in Standard Transport Tube. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Also Acceptable:
- 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum in Standard Transport Tube. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
- 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma in Standard Transport Tube. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
- 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma in Standard Transport Tube. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Special Handling
- For patients receiving therapy with high biotin doses (>5 mg/day), no laboratory test specimen should be collected until at least 8 hours after the last biotin administration.
- Minimize air exposure
- Plasma Stability: 2 Days Refrigerated
Due to special analytical handling this test can not be added to previously drawn specimens.
Rejection Criteria
- Heat inactivated
- Turbid Specimens
Stability
Ambient: 2 Hour(s); Refrigerated: 6 Day(s); Frozen: 3 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay, Sandwich (ECLIA)
Performed
Mon-Fri
Reported
1-3 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 86706
Interpretive Data
ANTI-HBs INTERPRETIVE NOTES:
NEGATIVE: NEGATIVE FOR ANTI-HBs MAY INDICATE LACK OF IMMUNITY TO FUTURE HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTIONS. HOWEVER, THIS TEST ALONE CANNOT RULE OUT EARLY ACTIVE INFECTION. ORDER HEPATITIS B PANEL.
POSITIVE: A POSITIVE ANTI-HBs RESULT INDICATES AN ANTIBODY LEVEL EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 10.0 mIU/ml WHICH INDICATES CURRENT IMMUNITY TO HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION. HOWEVER, THIS TEST ALONE CANNOT RULE OUT A POSSIBLE CHRONIC HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION. ORDER HEPATITIS B PANEL.
Components
- 2104 - ANTI-HBs
Last Updated: October 16, 2025 @ 9:13 am
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