Test Details
Mnemonic
HBVSC
Ordering Code
3000530
CPT-4 Code(s)
G0499
Specimen Information
Patient Preparation
Not for use in pediatrics under the age of 2 years.
Collect
Serum separator tube (SST)
Specimen Preparation
Centrifuge, separate serum from cells and send 2.0 mL serum in a screw capped plastic vial.
Alternate Specimen
Serum: Red top
Plasma: Lavender EDTA, lithium heparin, sodium heparin
Plasma: Lavender EDTA, lithium heparin, sodium heparin
Minimum Volume
1.5 mL
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Rejection Criteria
Grossly hemolyzed, icteric or grossly lipemic specimens, heparin plasma, plasma separator tube (PST)
Stability
Room temperature: Undetermined
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: Undetermined
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: Undetermined
Methodology
Chemiluminescence
Reference Range
HBSAG: Negative
HBCAB: Negative
HBSAB:
Qualitative:
Not Immune: Negative
Immune: Positive
Quantitative:
Not Immune: <10 mIU/mL
Immune: ≥10 mIU/mL
See Website: Resource/Interpretation Guide
and Forms/Viral Serology Testing Guide
HBCAB: Negative
HBSAB:
Qualitative:
Not Immune: Negative
Immune: Positive
Quantitative:
Not Immune: <10 mIU/mL
Immune: ≥10 mIU/mL
See Website: Resource/Interpretation Guide
and Forms/Viral Serology Testing Guide
Performing Laboratory
Warde Medical Laboratory
New York DOH Approval Status
Yes