Specimen:
Collect
- One SST
Also Acceptable:
- One Red Top
Submit
- 1.5 mL (Min:0.3 mL) Serum in SST. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Also Acceptable:
- 1.5 mL (Min:0.3 mL) Serum in Red Top. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Special Handling
- Collect: Serum separator tube. Post-immunization specimen should be drawn 30 days after immunization and, if shipped separately, must be received within 60 days of pre-immunization specimen.
Specimen Preparation: Separate serum from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. MARK SPECIMENS CLEARLY AS "PRE" OR "POST" SO SPECIMENS WILL BE SAVED AND TESTED SIMULTANEOUSLY.
Storage/Transport Temperature: Refrigerated. "Pre" and "post" pneumococcal vaccine specimens can be submitted separately or together for testing.
Rejection Criteria
- Bacterially Contaminated Samples
- Body fluid
- Grossly Lipemic Samples
- Hemolyzed specimens
- Plasma
Stability
Ambient: 2 Day(s); Refrigerated: 2 Week(s); Frozen: 2 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Quantitative Multiplex Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
Performed
Tuesday, Friday
Reported
2-6 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 86317x23
Interpretive Data
Please see report for interpretive data.
Components
- 91471 - SEROTYPE 1, IgG
- 90172 - SEROTYPE 2, IgG
- 91472 - SEROTYPE 3, IgG
- 91473 - SEROTYPE 4, IgG
- 91474 - SEROTYPE 5, IgG
- 91475 - SEROTYPE 6B, IgG
- 91476 - SEROTYPE 7F, IgG
- 91486 - SEROTYPE 8, IgG
- 91478 - SEROTYPE 9N, IgG
- 91479 - SEROTYPE 9V, IgG
- 90173 - SEROTYPE 10A, IgG
- 90174 - SEROTYPE 11A, IgG
- 91480 - SEROTYPE 12F, IgG
- 91481 - SEROTYPE 14, IgG
- 90175 - SEROTYPE 15B, IgG
- 90176 - SEROTYPE 17F, IgG
- 91482 - SEROTYPE 18C, IgG
- 90177 - SEROTYPE 19A, IgG
- 91483 - SEROTYPE 19F, IgG
- 90178 - SEROTYPE 20, IgG
- 90179 - SEROTYPE 22F, IgG
- 91484 - SEROTYPE 23F, IgG
- 90180 - SEROTYPE 33F, IgG
- 91485 - INTERP
Last Updated: November 12, 2024 @ 10:13 am
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