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Circulating Immune Complex, C3 fragments (3004431)
Test Code10781
CPT Codes
86332
Preferred Specimen
1 mL serum
Minimum Volume
0.5 mL
Instructions
Specimen Preparation: Allow complete clotting of red blood cells (up to 1 hour), then separate serum from cells within 30 minutes and freeze immediately. Transport 1 mL serum. (Min: 0.5 mL) If ordered in conjunction with a C1q Binding Assay, transfer TWO (2) 1 mL aliquots of serum to individual standard transport tubes.
Transport Container
Transport tube
Transport Temperature
Frozen
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: Unacceptable
Frozen: 20 days
Refrigerated: Unacceptable
Frozen: 20 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Non-frozen specimens • Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles • Gross hemolysis • Lipemic • Icteric
Methodology
Semi-Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Setup Schedule
Sets up 3 days a week.
Report Available
Reports in 3 to 10 days.
