Hepatitis B Diagnostic Panel
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| WSLH Department: | CDD - Communicable Disease Division |
| WSLH Test Code: | SS00083 |
| Day(s) Performed: | Test is run daily, Monday - Friday |
| Turn-around Time: | 1-4 days |
| Recommended Uses: | For serodiagnosis of Hepatitis B infection. |
| Contraindications: | Not intended for use in screening blood or plasma donors. |
| Additional Tests Performed: |
| Patient Preparations: | Routine blood draw. |
| Specimen Requirements: | 3 ml of serum (1 ml minimum) or 7-10 ml vacutainer, no additives. |
| Specimen Handling & Transport: | Specimens must be stored refrigerated (2-8C) and transported to the lab with frozen cool packs. Freeze serum if testing will not be performed within 6 days of collection. |
| Collection Kit/Container: |
Serology Specimens
Sterile Transfer Tube |
| Collection Instructions: | Routine blood draw. |
| Unacceptable Conditions: | Specimens that have been heat-inactivated, pooled, grossly hemolyzed, or have obvious microbial contamination. Specimens stored for more than 6 days not frozen at -20 degrees C. Cadaveric specimens or body fluids other than human serum are unacceptable. |
| Requisition Form: |
CDD Requisition Form B
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| Required Information: | Laboratory regulations require the following minimum information to be provided on the requisition form for a specimen to be accepted for testing: Patient name or unique identifier; date and time of collection, patient date of birth and sex, specimen type/site of collection, test request(s), clinician name and UPIN, and address for reporting results. Please be certain that name/identifier on the form matches that on the specimen label. |
| Results Include: | Non-reactive, Grayzone, or Reactive for each marker; final interpretation provided. Numeric value for Hepatitis B surface antibody. |
| Limitations: | |
| Additional Tests Recommended: | |
| Additional Comments: | Hepatitis B Surface antigen confirmatory testing will be automatically performed if surface antigen is detected. Hepatitis B core IgM antibody testing will be automatically performed when core is positive and surface antibody is negative. |
| Methodology: | Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) |
| Includes: | Qualitative immunoassay for Hepatitis B virus markers. Panel includes tests for surface antigen surface antibody and core antibody. Hepatitis B core IgM antibody and Hepatitis B Surface antigen confirmatory testing will be performed, if indicated, and additional charges will be incurred. Surface antibody is quantitative. |
| CPT Code: | 86704, 86706, 87340 |
| Price: | $68.00 Price Effective 1/1/25 |