Tetanus immune status

Alphabetical Test listing

Tetanus immune status-956

  
Tetanus immune status
  
956
  
86774.0
  
TIM
  
Anti-tetanus toxoid
C. tetani
Clostridium tetani
Tetanus immune response
Tetanus toxoid antibodies
Tetanus toxoid IgG
  
  • Assessment of an antibody response to the tetanus toxoid vaccine, which should be performed at least 3 weeks after immunization
  • An aid to diagnose immunodeficiency
  
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 Mayo Screw Cap Transfer Vial, labelled as serum
  
  
  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin  within two (2) hours of sample collection
  3. Transfer serum to a Mayo Screw Cap Transfer Vial, labelled as serum
  

Refrigerated (preferred) - 30 days

Frozen (OK) - 30 days

Ambient - NO

  
14 days
  
  • Gross hemolysis
  • Gross icterus
  • Gross lipemia
  
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (TTIGS): R-MM
  
Mo - Fr
  
2 - 4 days
  

Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA)

  

Vaccinated: Positive (≥ 0.01 IU/mL)

Results ≥0.01 suggest a vaccine response

Unvaccinated: Negative (<0.01 IU/mL)

 

  
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