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EPIC ORDER CODE LAB1731 Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Viral Capsid Antigen (VCA) Antibodies, IgM

Additional Codes

SQ : EBVCAM

COLLECTION

SST (Serum Separator)  PREFERRED
Light Green (Heparin Plasma Separator Tube)  PREFERRED

Red (No Additive)
Green No Gel (Lithium Heparin)

 

Collection Information: 

Collect blood in a serum separator tube or light green heparin plasma separator tube.

 

Sample Volume Requirements: 

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

 

Minimum Sample Volume: 

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

 

Unacceptable Conditions: 

Grossly hemolysis

STABILITY

Refrigerated Stability: 

7 days - Preferred

 

Frozen Stability: 

Indefinitely

PERFORMING LAB

Analytical Time: 

1 day

 

Testing Laboratory: 

Pathology Laboratory

 

Laboratory Section: 

Core Laboratory

CPT Code

86665