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HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY
Test CodeLAB304733
CPT Codes
86704
Preferred Specimen
One 5 mL gold top tube
Minimum Volume
2 mL blood
Required for Testing: 1 mL serum
Required for Testing: 1 mL serum
Other Acceptable Specimens
Light green top, dark green top,or red top top tube
Instructions
Avoid freeze-thaw cycling
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..
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 Frozen: not spefifiedRequired for Testing: 1 mL serum
Ambient: 3 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: not spefifiedRequired for Testing: 1 mL serum
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Turbid, lipemic, grossly hemolyzed, or heat-inactivated specimens. Cadaveric specimens
Methodology
Chemiluminescent Microparticle Immunoassay
Setup Schedule
Sunday- Saturday
Reference Range
Nonreactive (<0.80 S/CO)
Clinical Significance
A nonreactive test result does not exclude the possibility of exposure to or infection with hepatitis B virus.
Performing Laboratory
West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.
St. Joseph’s Hospital United Hospital Center Uniontown Hospital
