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EPIC CODE: LAB166 Immunoglobulins A, G & M

ADDITIONAL TEST CODE

Sunquest: IMUGLB

REGIONAL HOSPITAL PERFORMING

UPH Methodist Hospital – Chemistry
UPH Pekin and UPH Proctor Hospital will transport to Methodist Hospital for testing.

Collect

Serum or Plasma collected in Gold (SST), Plain Red, or Green Vacutainer Tube (Lithium Heparin)
Preferred volume: 6 mL minimum
Minimum required volume: 0.5 mL serum/plasma

Storage/Transport Temperature

Centrifuged gold, or 1 mL serum/plasma (Min: 0.3 mL) at Ambient (room temperature) or 2-8o C.

Stability (from collection to initiation)

After separaton from cells:

Ambient (room temperature) Stability: 8 hours

Refrigerated (2-8oC) Stability:(2-8oC) Stability: 7 days

Frozen (<-20oC) Stability: 3 months

Unacceptable Conditions

Severely lipemic, contaminated or hemolyzed samples. Gross hemolysis or samples at room temp >8 hours.

Days Performed

Sunday-Saturday

Methodology

Nephelometry

CPT Codes

82784 X 3