HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE b IgG ANTIBODIES
Specimen Required
Alternate Specimen
Rejection Criteria
Methodology
Stability
Reference Range
Performed
| Draw blood in a SST. Centrifuge, separate serum from cells within 2 hours of collection and send 1.0 mL serum (0.2 mL minimum) refrigerated in a screw-capped plastic vial. |
Alternate Specimen
| Serum: Red-top |
Rejection Criteria
| Grossly hemolyzed, grossly icteric, or grossly lipemic specimens |
Methodology
| Quantitiative Multiplex Bead Assay |
Stability
| Room Temperature: 48 hours; Refrigerated: 14 days; Frozen: 1 year |
Reference Range
| <1.0 µg/mL = Antibody concentration not protective | |||
| >=1.0 µg/mL = Antibody to H. influenza b detected. Suggestive of protection. |
Performed
| Sunday-Saturday |
| 3-5 days | |||||
| HIBG | |||||
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