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HEPATITIS A (HAV) IGM ANTIBODY
Test CodeLAB304741
CPT Codes
86709
Preferred Specimen
One 5 mL gold top tube
Minimum Volume
2.0 mL blood
Required for Testing: 1.0 mL serum
Required for Testing: 1.0 mL serum
Other Acceptable Specimens
Red top, light green top, dark green top tube
Instructions
Sample must be centrifuged within two hours of collection. Serum/plasma must be removed from the red cells and put into aliquot tubes following centrifugation.
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Specimen Stability
Centrifuge within 2 hours after collection
Ambient: 3 days Refrigerated: 7 days
Ambient: 3 days Refrigerated: 7 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Turbid, lipemic, grossly hemolyzed, o rheat-inactivated specimens. Cadaveric specimens
Methodology
Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
Setup Schedule
Sunday-Saturday
Reference Range
Nonreactive (<0.80 S/CO)
Clinical Significance
Assay measures the level of IgM antibody to Hepatitis A and is indicated when acute Hepatitis A is suspected. Generally, IgM antibodies to HAV (Hepatitis A Virus) appear four weeks after onset of clinical symptoms
Performing Laboratory
West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.
Berkeley Medical Center Camden Clark Medical Center Reynolds Memorial Hospital Summersville Regional Medical Center St. Joseph’s Hospital United Hospital Center Uniontown Hospital Wheeling Hospital