Hepatitis B Immune Status Panel
| WSLH Department: | CDD - Communicable Disease Division |
| WSLH Test Code: | SS00085 |
| Availability: | Test is run daily, Monday- Friday |
| Turn-around Time: | 1-4 days |
| Recommended Uses: | Determination of patient's immune status to Hepatitis B virus, including pre-vaccination evaluation. |
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| 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 7 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 7 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 or Reactive for Hep B core antibody and Non-reactive, Grayzone, or Reactive with a numeric value for Hep B Surface antibody with interpretation. |
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| Additional Tests Recommended: | |
| Additional Comments: | Hepatitis B Core IgM and Hepatitis B Surface antigen testing is automatically performed if Core antibody is positive but Surface antibody is negative to assess for acute infection. Hepatitis B Surface antigen confirmatory testing is automatically performed if surface antigen is detected. |
| Methodology: | Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) |
| Includes: | Qualitative immunoassay for antibody to Hepatitis B Core antibody. Quantitative immunoassay for Hepatitis B surface antibody. Testing for Hepatitis B Core IgM and surface antigen testing will be performed, as indicated, and additional charge(s) will be incurred. |
| CPT Code: | 86704, 86706 |
| Price: | $44.00 |