Specimen

Serum

Collection Medium:

Minimum:

Adult Preferred Minimum:  Two 2.5 mL aliquots of serum
                            from red top tube
Adult Absolute Minimum:  3 mL serum from red top tube
Pediatric Minimum:  1 mL serum from red top tube

Rejection Criteria:

Plasma.  Severely lipemic, contaminated, or hemolyzed specimens.

Analytic Time:

2 weeks

Reference Range:

Components                        Reference Interval
Aspergillus Fumigatus #1          None detected
Aspergillus Fumigatus #6          None detected
Aureobasidium pullulans           None detected
Pigeon Serum                      None detected
Micropolyspora faeni              None detected
Thermoactinomyces vulgaris #1     None detected
Aspergillus flavus                None detected
Aspergillus fumigatus #2          None detected
Aspergillus fumigatus #3          None detected
Saccharomonospora viridis         None detected
Thermoactinomyces candidus        None detected
Thermoactinomyces sacchari        None detected

Allergen, Fungi & Molds,          Class 00: < 0.35 kU/L Absent or
  Phoma betae                               undetectable
                                  Class 01: 0.35-0.70 kU/L Low
                                  Class 02: 0.71-3.50 kU/L Moderate
                                  Class 03: 3.51-17.50 kU/L High
                                  Class 04: 17.51-50.00 kU/L Very High
                                  Class 05: 50.01-100.00 kU/L Very High
                                  Class 06: > 100.00 kU/L Very High

Allergen, Food, Beef              Class 00: < 0.35 kU/L Absent or
                                            undetectable
                                  Class 01: 0.35-0.70 kU/L Low
                                  Class 02: 0.71-3.50 kU/L Moderate
                                  Class 03: 3.51-17.50 kU/L High
                                  Class 04: 17.51-50.00 kU/L Very High
                                  Class 05: 50.01-100.00 kU/L Very High
                                  Class 06: > 100.00 kU/L Very High

Allergen, Food, Pork              Class 00: < 0.35 kU/L Absent or
                                            undetectable
                                  Class 01: 0.35-0.70 kU/L Low
                                  Class 02: 0.71-3.50 kU/L Moderate
                                  Class 03: 3.51-17.50 kU/L High
                                  Class 04: 17.51-50.00 kU/L Very High
                                  Class 05: 50.01-100.00 kU/L Very High
                                  Class 06: > 100.00 kU/L Very High

Allergen, Epidermals & Animal     Class 00: < 0.35 kU/L Absent or
  Proteins, Feather Mix (Parakeet           undetectable
  Feathers-Budgerigar)            Class 01: 0.35-0.70 kU/L Low
                                  Class 02: 0.71-3.50 kU/L Moderate
                                  Class 03: 3.51-17.50 kU/L High
                                  Class 04: 17.51-50.00 kU/L Very High
                                  Class 05: 50.01-100.00 kU/L Very High
                                  Class 06: > 100.00 kU/L Very High

Comments:

Please include relevant clinical information on test order form.

Methodology:

Immunodiffusion

CPT Code:

86003(x4)
86331(x12)