Circulating Immune Complex, C3 Fragments

Test Code

10781

CPT Codes
86332

Preferred Specimen

1 mL frozen serum

Minimum Volume

0.5 mL

Instructions

Allow complete clotting of red blood cells (up to 1 hour), then separate serum from cells within 30 minutes and freeze immediately. 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

Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)

Gross hemolysis • Lipemia • Icteric • Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles

Methodology
Semi-Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

Setup Schedule

Mon, Thurs, Sat

Reference Range

≤15 µg Eq/mL

Performing Laboratory

A.R.U.P. , Inc.

500 Chipeta Way

Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1221

Last Updated: November 6, 2024

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