- YCOMP5
Complement Component 5
Specimen:
Test Code
YCOMP5
Specimen Name
Complement Component 5
Collect
1-SST
Submit
1 mL (Min: 0.5 mL) Serum CRITICAL FROZEN
Special Handling
Allow specimen to clot for one hour at room temperature. Separate serum from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. Transfer 1 mL serum to a standard transport tube and freeze immediately.
Rejection Criteria
Non-frozen specimens. Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles. Specimens left to clot at refrigerated temperature.
Stability
Ambient 2 hours; Refrigerated Unacceptable; Frozen 2 weeks
Methodology
Quantitative Radial Immunodiffusion
Performed
Tuesday/Friday
Reported
5-10 days
CPT Codes
- 86160
Components
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