- YBPAB
Bordetella pertussis Antibodies, IgG & IgM w/reflex
Specimen:
Test Code
YBPAB
Specimen Name
Bordetella pertussis Antibodies, IgG & IgM w/reflex
Collect
1-SST
Submit
1 mL (Min: 0.5 mL) Serum Refrigerated
Special Handling
Separate serum from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. Transfer 1 mL serum to a standard transport tube. Parallel testing is preferred and convalescent specimens must be received within 30 days from receipt of the acute specimens. Mark specimens plainly as "acute" or "convalescent."
Rejection Criteria
Bacterially contaminated, heat-inactivated, hemolyzed, icteric, lipemic, or turbid specimens.
Stability
Ambient 48 hours; Refrigerated 2 weeks; Frozen 1 year
Methodology
Semi-Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/Qualitative Immunoblot
Performed
Tuesday/Friday
Reported
3-7 days
CPT Codes
- 86615 x2
- if reflexed
- add 86615 for each Immunoblot
Components
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Additional Information
If Bordetella pertussis Antibody, IgG by ELISA is 1.05 IV or greater, then Bordetella pertussis IgG Immunoblot testing will be added; if Bordetella pertussis Antibody, IgM by ELISA is 1.2 IV or greater, then Bordetella pertussis IgM Immunoblot testing will be added. Additional charges apply.
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