Printable Test Catalog - OU Medicine

SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Serum
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Gold or Red
SPECIAL HANDLING: Refrigerate at 2-8 degrees C for up to 5 days
Freeze at -20 degrees C for up to 2 months
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 1 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 mL
PEDIATRIC TEST INFO: 0.5 mL; 1 Gold microtainer
TEST AVAILABILITY: Monday - Friday
TURNAROUND TIME: 1-2 days
REFERENCE RANGE: Negative: Equivocal: 0.60-0.89
Positive: >0.89
OTHER NAMES: Chickenpox IgG; Herpes Zoster Antibodies; VZV IgG
METHODOLOGY: Enzyme-Linked Liquid Fluorescent Assay (ELFA)
CLINICAL USE: Diagnose VZV infection; determine adult
susceptibility to infection
CPT: 86787
[VARM] Varicella-Zoster IgM Antibody
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Serum at room temperature
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Red or Gold
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 1 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 mL
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
REFERENCE RANGE: Negative: < 0.91 AU
Borderline: 0.91 - 1.09 AU
Positive: > 1.09 AU
OTHER NAMES: Chickenpox IgM; Herpes Zoster Antibodies; VZV IgM
METHODOLOGY: Enzyme immunoassay (EIA)
CLINICAL USE: Aid in confirmation of acute VZV infection
CPT: 86787
[VASO] Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Frozen plasma with trasylol
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Lavender (EDTA) -chilled
SPECIAL HANDLING: Collect in chilled EDTA tube; transfer to red
top tube with 0.25 mL Trasylol solution. Mix
well, centrifuge, transfer plasma to
specially labeled transport tube and freeze.
Contact laboratory for collection kit.
Patient must not have received radioactive
substances 24 hours prior to test. patient
should receive at least 300 grams of
carbohydrate daily for 3 days before fasting
12 hours
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 2 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.4 mL (this volume does not allow for repeat
testing)
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 7 days
REFERENCE RANGE: 23.0-63.0 pg/mL
OTHER NAMES: VIP