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Hepatitis Be Panel
Test Code27
CPT Codes
86707, 87350
Includes
Hepatitis Be Antibody and Hepatitis Be Antigen
Preferred Specimen
2 mL serum
Minimum Volume
1 mL
Instructions
Dietary supplements containing biotin may interfere in assays and may skew analyte results to be either falsely high or falsely low. For patients receiving the recommended daily doses of biotin, draw samples at least 8 hours following the last biotin supplementation. For patients on mega-doses of biotin supplements, draw samples at least 72 hours following the last biotin supplementation.
Transport Container
Room temperature
Transport Temperature
Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 30 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 30 days
Specimen Stability
Gross hemolysis • Grossly lipemic • Plasma
Methodology
Immunoassay (IA)
Setup Schedule
Set up: Mon-Fri; Report available: Next day
Reference Range
Hepatitis Be Antibody | Non-Reactive |
Hepatitis Be Antigen | Non-Reactive |
Clinical Significance
HBeAg indicated active HBV replication. Infectivity is evaluated based on HBeAg and HBsAg. When HBeAg persists much longer than 10 weeks, the patient is likely to develop chronic hepatitis and be a carrier.
Performing Laboratory
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute
14225 Newbrook Drive
Chantilly, VA 20153