Mumps immune status-524

Test info

  
Mumps immune status
  
524
  
86735.1
  
MPG
  
Mumps IgG

Specimen

  
Serum
  
  
1.0 mL
  
0.3 mL
  

Immediately 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
  

Gold serum separator (SST) tube

  
  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin
  3. Transfer serum to a False bottom plasma/serum transport vial/tube (AHL), labelled as serum, within two (2) hours of sample collection
  
  

Refrigerated (preferred) - 7 days

Frozen (OK)

  
  • Improper labels (unlabeled or mislabeled)
  • Hemolysis (some procedures)
  • Improper anticoagulant or ratio
    • Heparinized plasma is not acceptable
  • Delay in transport
  • Improper storage temperature affecting results
  • Improper container
  • Leaking container resulting in compromised specimen
  • Quantity not sufficient (QNS)
  •  

Performance

  
AHL - Immunology: I-L
  
Tu, Th, Sa
  
2 - 3 days
  

Indirect Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

Negative:   <9.0 Index value (presumed not immune)
Equivocal:    9.0 - 10.9 Index value (repeat in 1 - 2 weeks)
Positive:   ≥11.0 Index value (presumed immune)

Billing

  
86735

Tracking

  
11/30/2001
  
09/07/2018
  
01/24/2024