Preferred Specimen(s) 1 mL serum
Transport Container Plastic screw-cap vial
Transport Temperature
- Refrigerated 7 days,
- -20oC 4 weeks
Reject Criteria
- Gross hemolysis
- Gross lipemia
Methodology Chemiluminescence
Clinical Significance IgM antibodies to Hepatitis A suggest a current, acute or recent Hepatitis A infection.