- YMUMPM
Mumps IgM Abs
Specimen:
Test Code
YMUMPM
Specimen Name
Mumps IgM Abs
Collect
SST-Serum
Submit
1 mL (Min: 0.2 mL) Serum, Refrigerated.
Special Handling
Allow specimen to clot at room temperature. Separate serum from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. 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 (avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles)
Methodology
Semi-Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
Performed
Monday - Friday
Reported
2-6 days
CPT Codes
- 86735
Components
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Common Lab Definitions
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