Diphtheria immune status-802A

Test info

  
Diphtheria immune status
  
802A
  
86648.0
  
Diphth Imm
  
DII
Diphtheria toxoid IgG antibody
Corynebacterium diphtheriae antitoxin
Diphtheria antitoxoid
Diphth imm
  
  • Determining a patient's immunological response to diphtheria toxoid vaccination
  • Aiding in the evaluation of immunodeficiency

Specimen

  
Serum
  
  
0.5 mL
  

Immediatley following collection, mix sample by gently inverting 5 times

  
  1. Allow sample to clot for a minimum of 30 minutes
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  3. Transfer serum to a Screw cap transfer vial/tube (Mayo T914), labelled as serum
  
  
  
  1. Allow sample to clot 
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  3. Transfer serum to a Screw cap transfer vial/tube (Mayo T914), labelled as serum
  

Refrigerated (preferred) - 30 days

Frozen (OK) - 30 days

Ambient - NO

  
  • Gross hemolysis
  • Gross lipemia
  • Gross icterus

Performance

  
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (DIPGS): R-MM
  
Mo - Fr
  
1 - 4 days
  

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  
Unvaccinated: Negative (<0.01 IU/mL)
Vaccinated:     Positive (≥ 0.01 IU/mL)

Billing

  
86317

Tracking

  
10/22/2007
  
01/31/2022
  
01/02/2024