- YCAGLT
Cold Agglutinins Titer
Specimen:
Test Code
YCAGLT
Specimen Name
Cold Agglutinins Titer
Collect
1-SST
Also acceptable Plain Red Top
Also acceptable Plain Red Top
Submit
1 mL (Min: 0.5 mL) Serum Refrigerated
Special Handling
Keep in warm water (37°C) until processed for transport by laboratory; refrigeration of specimen before separation of serum from cells will adversely affect test results. Transfer 1 mL serum to a standard transport tube.
Rejection Criteria
Plasma or CSF. Refrigerated whole blood. Contaminated, severely hemolyzed, or lipemic, specimens.
Stability
Ambient 48 hours; Refrigerated 2 weeks; Frozen 1 year (avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles)
Methodology
Semi-Quantitative Hemagglutination (HA)
Performed
Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday
Reported
4-9 days
CPT Codes
- 86157
Components
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Additional Information
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