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DONATH LANDSTEINER ANTIBODY TEST
Message*Wrap tube in heal warmer to keep specimen warm and bring to processing ASAP.*
Test Code
LAB00948
Alias/See Also
LAB00948
Mayo TC: FDLS
Mayo Test Name: Donath Landsteiner
IRL-DL
Mayo TC: FDLS
Mayo Test Name: Donath Landsteiner
IRL-DL
CPT Codes
86940, 86941
Preferred Specimen
Maintain specimen at 37° C wrap in heel warmers!
3.0 mL Serum Red Top (No Gel)
3.0 mL Serum Red Top (No Gel)
Minimum Volume
2.0 mL Serum Red Top (No Gel)
Instructions
Draw blood in a plain red-top tube. Maintain specimen at 37° C until serum is separated from cells. Spin down in a "warm" centrifuge at 37°C and send 3 mL of serum refrigerated in a properly labeled aliquot vial.
Transport Temperature
Specimen must be kept at 37°C until serum has been aliquoted. Serum will then be transported Refrigerated to Mayo.
Specimen Stability
Refrigerated: 7 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Gel tube/Separator, Gross Hemolysis, Gross Lipemia, Gross Icterus
Methodology
Hemolysis
Report Available
1-7 days
Reference Range
Donath Landsteiner:
Negative
Negative
Clinical Significance
Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (PCH, also called Donath-Landsteiner hemolytic anemia or Donath-Landsteiner syndrome)
Performing Laboratory
Mayo Clinic Laboratories will send onto ARUP Laboratories