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HEPATITIS B CORE IGM ANTIBODY
Test CodeLAB304479
CPT Codes
86705
Preferred Specimen
One 5 mL Gold top tube
Minimum Volume
2 mL blood
Reguired for testing: 1 mL serum
Reguired for testing: 1 mL serum
Other Acceptable Specimens
Red, Light Green, or Dark green top tube
Instructions
Avoid freeze-thawing 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 specifiedReguired for testing: 1 mL serum
Ambient: 3 days Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: not specifiedReguired for testing: 1 mL serum
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Turbid, lipemic, grossly hemolyzed, or heat-inactivated specimens. Cadaveric specimens.
Methodology
Chemiluminscent Microparticle Immunoassay
Reference Range
Nonreactive (<0.80 S/CO)
Performing Laboratory
West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.
Berkeley Medical Center Camden Clark Medical Center Summersville Regional Medical Center St. Joseph’s Hospital United Hospital Center Uniontown Hospital Wheeling Hospital
