Factor 9 inhibitor-994

Test info

  
Factor 9 inhibitor
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  
Bethesda titer
Factor IX inhibitor
  
  • Factor IX activity
  • Factor IX Bethesda titer
    • Bethesda titer is not indicated and is cancelled if the factor activity is >40%.
  

Confirmation and characterization of factor IX inhibitor

Specimen

  

The patient should not be anticoagulated

 

  
Sodium citrate (Na cit) plasma
  
  
4.0 mL
  
3.0 mL
  
  • Do not draw from an arm with a heparin lock or heparinized catheter.
  • If the patient's hematocrit exceeds 55%, the volume of citrate in the collection tube must be adjusted.
  • Immediatley following collection, mix sample thoroughly by gentle inverting 8 - 10 times, to prevent clotting
  
  1. Centrifuge for 10 minutes and carefully remove 2/3 of the plasma using a plastic transfer pipette, being careful not to disturb the cells.
  2. Deliver to a plastic transport tube, cap, and recentifuge for 10 minutes.
  3. Use a second plastic pipette to remove plasma, staying clear of the platelets at the bottom of the tube.
  4. Transfer 4mL of plasma into two tubes (2 mL each). Use Screw-cap polypropylene frozen transport vial/tube - 4mL (LabCorp), labelled as Na cit plasma
  5. Freeze immediately
  

Frozen

Performance

  
Esoterix Coagulation Lab (300189) via LabCorp (500443): R-NX
  
Mo - Sa
  
4 - 6 days
  

Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)-based system. Serial dilutions are made of patient plasma with veronal buffered saline, then mixed with normal plasma containing close to 100% factor IX activity and are then incubated for 2 hours. An aPTT-based factor IX assay using factor IX-depleted plasma substrate is then performed on these incubated mixtures. Results are compared to those of incubated normal plasma. One Bethesda unit is defined as the amount of factor IX inhibitor that neutralized 0.5 IU of factor IX in this system. The number of serial dilutions tested is based on the anticipated level of the inhibitor.

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

An interpretive report will be provided

Billing

  
85335
85250
  
Result 3187-2

Tracking

  
05/29/2019
  
02/17/2021
  
09/07/2022