ANTI-NUCLEAR ANTIBODY (ANA) SCREEN (HEp2-SUBSTRATE), IFA
Specimen Required
Alternate Specimen
Rejection Criteria
Methodology
Stability
Reference Range
Performed
| Draw blood in a SST. Spin, separate and send 1.0 mL serum (0.5 mL minimum) refrigerated in a screw-capped plastic vial. |
Alternate Specimen
| Serum: Red-top |
Rejection Criteria
| Grossly hemolyzed, icteric or lipemic specimens |
Methodology
| Indirect Fluorescent Antibody |
Stability
| Room Temperature: 8 hours; Refrigerated: 7 days; Frozen: 14 days |
Reference Range
| Screen: Negative. Positive screen results will be reflexed to ANA titer. | |||
| Titer: <1:160 |
Performed
| Screen: Sunday-Friday; Titer: Monday-Friday |
| 1 day | |||||
| ANA 30-00189 | |||||
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