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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

Methodology

Semi-Quantitative Hemagglutination

CPT

86157

Specimen Type

Blood

Preferred Collection Container

SST

Collection Volume

2.0 mL

Minimum Collection Volume

1.0 mL

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.

Transport

Refrigerated after processing

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)

Turn Around Time

3-8 days

Lab Department

Referred Testing

EPIC Code

LAB849

Acceptable Collection Container

R-NoGel

Testing Volume

0.25 mL

Patient Preparation

None

Day(s) and Time(s) Performed

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

STAT Availability

No

LOINC

5098-9

Alias

Cold Agglutinin Titer; Febrile Agglutinins