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HEPATITIS B CORE IGM ANTIBODY
Test CodeLAB304479
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
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
