Tick-Borne Ab panel, Serum TICKS

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Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name	Tick-Borne Disease Antibodies Panel, Serum
Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name	Tick-Borne Disease Antibodies Panel, Serum
Clinical Info	Serum antibody panel for suspected common tickborne diseases: Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, and babesiosis. For information on the specific diseases, see the individual test IDs.
Specimen Type	Blood
Container	Gold Top Tube
Collection Instructions	Container/Tube: Gold Top Tube or Red Top Specimen : 3 mL Serum (1.6 mL min) Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
Transport Instructions	Refrigerated
Specimen Stability	2 days Room Temperature 10 Days Refrigerated 30 Days Frozen
Methodology	Semi-Quantitative Indirect Fluorescent Antibody (IFA) Semi-Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Qualitative Immunoblot
Days Performed	TAT: 2-6 Days
Performing Laboratory	ARUP Laboratories
CPT	86618 86666 x 2 86753 86617 x 2-Lyme disease Western blot (if appropriate) LOINC Code: 87547-6
PDM	1659002
Result Interpretation Ehrlichia chaffeensis (HME) ANTIBODY, IgG <1:64 Reference values apply to all ages. Anaplasma phagocytophilum ANTIBODY, IgG <1:80 Reference values apply to all ages. Babesia microti IgG ANTIBODIES <1:16 Reference values apply to all ages. LYME DISEASE SEROLOGY 0.90 IV or less Reference values apply to all ages. If Lyme is 0.91 IV or greater, then IgG and IgM by Immunoblot will be added at an addtional charge.
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