Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories

Collect

Lavender Top EDTA Plasma.

Specimen Preparation

Onsite [NJH]: Transport to lab within 1 hour.
Offsite: Separate serum from cells within 2 hours by centrifuge and aliquot into a labeled polypropylene or similar plastic tube.
Preferred volume: 1 mL serum

Pediatric Collection

Minimum volume: 0.1 mL serum

Storage Transport Temp

Offsite: Frozen. Send serum Priority Overnight via FedEx and in a well insulated container on dry ice.

Stability

Stability after cell separation:
3 days at RT (15-25°C)
7 days refrigerated at 2-8°C
> 7 days frozen at ≤ -20°C     
(5 thaw cycles only)

Performed

Monday - Friday

Methodology

Chemiluminescent Magnetic Immunoassay (CLIA)

Reported

4 hour routine, 1 hour STAT

Department

Core Lab

Synonyms

(HIV Types 1 & 2 (HIV-1/HIV-2) Ab)

Reference Interval

Nonreactive

CPT Code

86703