IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, (IGA), SERUM

Test Code

LAB73

Preferred Specimen

One 5 mL gold top tube
Pediatric Volume: Two gold top microtainers

Minimum Volume

Required for Testing: 0.8 mL serum

Instructions

Sample must be centrifuged within two hours of collected and put into aliquot tubes following centrifugation. Aliquot 0.8 mL and refrigerate.

Transport Temperature

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

Refrigerated: 10 days at 2-8 C

Methodology
Turbidimetric

Setup Schedule

Monday-Friday

Clinical Significance

Detecting or monitoring monoclonal gammopathies and immune deficiencies

Performing Laboratory
West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.
Camden Clark Medical Center
United Hospital Center
Wheeling Hospital

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