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CSF Oligoclonal Bands (IgG)
Test Code*
Preferred Specimen
CSF Tube
Minimum Volume
1 mL CSF and 1 mL serum
Instructions
It is preferred that the collection date and time be the same for both CSF and serum; however, it is acceptable for them to be drawn within 48 hours of each other. CSF must be clear. (CSF collection tube #4 preferred.)
Do not centrifuge. Refrigerate CSF specimens 2-8° C in sterile, plastic CSF vial(s) and send refrigerated .
Do not centrifuge. Refrigerate CSF specimens 2-8° C in sterile, plastic CSF vial(s) and send refrigerated .
Transport Temperature
Refrigerate
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 8 hours
Refrigerated: 5 days
Frozen: 14 days
Refrigerated: 5 days
Frozen: 14 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Received room temperature • Xanthochromia/RBCs/Hemolysis in CSF
Clinical Significance
Send Outs
Performing Laboratory
QUEST San Juan Capistrano
