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Hep C Virus Ab Screen
MessageThis for when the provider specifically asks for HCV Screen. Order SHCV if test required is HCV Screen.
Test Code
SHCV
CPT Codes
G0472
Preferred Specimen
1.0 mL collected in a SST (serum seprator-gold top tube)
Minimum Volume
0.5 mL
Other Acceptable Specimens
Tiger top (SST) Gold top (SST)
Red top Plasma
Li Heparin (PST) Plasma Na Heparin
Plasma –EDTA (Lavender)
Red top Plasma
Li Heparin (PST) Plasma Na Heparin
Plasma –EDTA (Lavender)
Transport Temperature
Room temperature.
Specimen Stability
Room Temperature: 3 days at 25°C
Refrigerated: 7 days at 2-8°C
Frozen: 3 months at 20°C
The samples may be frozen and thawed up to 6 times.
Refrigerated: 7 days at 2-8°C
Frozen: 3 months at 20°C
The samples may be frozen and thawed up to 6 times.
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Samples not labeled with complete first and last name of patient and date of birth.
Hemolyzed samples.
Samples collected in sodium citrate plasma.
Hemolyzed samples.
Samples collected in sodium citrate plasma.
Methodology
Electrochemiluminescence immunoassay
Setup Schedule
Sun-Sat
Report Available
Same day
Reference Range
Non-reactive
Clinical Significance
Diagnostic test for the qualitative detection of total antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) in human adult and pediatric ages 18 months through 21 years) serum or plasma. Assay results, in conjunction with other laboratory results and clinical information, may be used to aid in the presumptive diagnosis of HCV infection in persons with signs and symptoms of hepatitis and in persons at risk for hepatitis C infection. The test does not determine the state of infection or associated disease.
Hepatitis C virus, first identified in 1989, is the most common cause of posttransfusion and community-acquired non-A, non-B hepatitis worldwide. Hepatitis C is primarily transmitted through contaminated blood and blood products and to a lower extent by human body secretions.
Infection with HCV frequently leads to chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis, and is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Common extrahepatic manifestations comprise mixed cryoglobulinemia and rheumatic diseases. Hepatitis C virus is an enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus which has been classified as a genus in the family of Flaviviridae. Like other RNA viruses, the HCV genome exhibits substantial heterogeneity as a result of mutations that occur during viral replication.
Hepatitis C virus, first identified in 1989, is the most common cause of posttransfusion and community-acquired non-A, non-B hepatitis worldwide. Hepatitis C is primarily transmitted through contaminated blood and blood products and to a lower extent by human body secretions.
Infection with HCV frequently leads to chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis, and is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Common extrahepatic manifestations comprise mixed cryoglobulinemia and rheumatic diseases. Hepatitis C virus is an enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus which has been classified as a genus in the family of Flaviviridae. Like other RNA viruses, the HCV genome exhibits substantial heterogeneity as a result of mutations that occur during viral replication.
Performing Laboratory
Frederick Health Laboratory 400 W 7th Street Frederick, MD 21701
Last Updated: May 12, 2020