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Test Code 5311317 HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 1 AND/OR 2 AB, IGM BY ELISA

Test ID

1239002370

Specimen Requirements

Collection Requirements Serum Separator Tube (SST). Also acceptable: Serum from umbilical cord blood.
Shipping / Handling Instructions Collect
Serum Separator Tube (SST). Also acceptable: Serum from umbilical cord blood.
Specimen Preparation
Separate from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. Transfer 0.5 mL serum to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube. (Min: 0.1 mL) Parallel testing is preferred and convalescent specimens must be received within 30 days from receipt of the acute specimens. Mark specimens plainly as “acute” or convalescent."
Storage/Transport Temperature
Refrigerated.
Unacceptable Conditions
Contaminated, heat-inactivated, hemolyzed, icteric, or severely lipemic specimens.
Remarks

Stability
After separation from cells: Ambient: 48 hours; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 1 year (avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles)

Container Type

Laboratory Container Default Temperature Minimum Volume
ARUP SST Yes Refrigerated 0.5

Performing Section

ARUP

Components

Component Name Component ID LOINC Code
SEE SCANNED RESULT 1813000
HSV 1 AND/OR 2 ABS, IGM BY ELISA 1239003382 41399-7 (Herpes simplex virus 1+2 Ab.IgM:ACnc:Pt:Ser:Qn:IA)