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Test Code LAB865 Rubella Antibody, IgM

Additional Codes

SQ : RUBLMB

COLLECTION

Container/Tube Type: 

SST (Serum Separator)

 

Collection Information: 

Collect blood in a serum separator tube.

 

Sample Volume Requirements: 

Centrifuge and aliquot 1.0 mL of serum into a plastic transport vial.  

 

Minimum Sample Volume: 

0.5 mL of serum (approximately 1.0 mL of whole blood based upon a normal patient hematocrit).

 

Remarks: 

Parallel testing is preferred and convalescent specimens must be received within 30 days from receipt of acute specimens. Label specimens plainly as acute or convalescent.

 

Unacceptable Conditions: 

Contaminated, heat-inactivated, or grossly hemolyzed specimens.

STABILITY

Refrigerated Stability: 

14 days - Preferred

 

Frozen Stability: 

1 year (Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles)

 

Ambient Stability: 

48 hours

PERFORMING LAB

Performed: 

Sun-Sat

 

Analytical Time: 

1 - 2 days

 

Testing Laboratory: 

ARUP Laboratories; Salt Lake City, UT

 

Laboratory Section: 

Referral Testing

 

Interpretive Data: 

Not recommended as a stand-alone test. Rubella Antibodies, IgG and IgM is preferred.

CPT Code

86762