Lymphocyte Antigen Proliferation
| CPT Code(s): | 86353 x2 |
| Specimen Required: | Patient Preparation:Collect control specimen from a healthy individual unrelated to patient at approximately the same time as and under similar conditions to the patient. Collect:Green (sodium heparin) (patient) AND green (sodium heparin) (control). Also acceptable: Yellow (ACD Solution A) (patient) AND yellow (ACD Solution A) (control). Patient and control specimens must be collected within 48 hours of test performance. Specimen Preparation:Transport 10 mL whole blood (patient) AND 10 mL whole blood (control) in original collection tubes. (Min: 7 mL (patient) AND 7 mL (control)) Do not refrigerate or freeze. LIVE LYMPHOCYTES REQUIRED.Infant Minimum: 3 mL (patient) AND 7 mL (control). Storage/Transport Temperature:CRITICAL ROOM TEMPERATURE. Stability:Ambient: 48 hours; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable New York State Clients: Ambient: 24 hours; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable |
| New York DOH Approval Status: | This test is New York DOH approved. |
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