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Test Code COLDAG Cold Agglutinins

Important Note

Keep in warm water (37°C) until processed for transport by laboratory; refrigeration of specimen before separation of serum from cells will adversely affect test results.

Additional Codes

50175

Specimen Type

Blood

Preferred Collection Container

SST

Acceptable Collection Container

R-NoGel

Collection Instructions

Keep in warm water (37°C) until processed for transport by laboratory; refrigeration of specimen before separation of serum from cells will adversely affect test results.

Collection Volume

2.0 mL

Minimum Collection Volume

1.0 mL

Testing Volume

0.25 mL

Rejection Criteria

Contaminated, severely hemolyzed, or lipemic, specimens.

Specimen Storage and Stability

Ambient: 48 hours; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 1 year (avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles)

Day(s) and Time(s) Performed

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

EPIC Code

LAB849

Patient Preparation

None

Transport

Refrigerated after processing

STAT Availability

No

Turn Around Time

3-8 days

Lab Department

Referred Testing

CPT

86157

Methodology

Semi-Quantitative Hemagglutination

LOINC

5098-9

Alias

Cold Agglutinin Titer; Febrile Agglutinins