Preferred Specimen(s) 1 mL serum
Transport Container Plastic screw-cap vial
Transport Temperature
• Refrigerated 5 days,
• -20oC 4 weeks
Reject Criteria
• Gross hemolysis
• Sodium citrate (light blue-top) tubes
• Hyperlipemia
Methodology Chemiluminescence
Clinical Significance This assay is used to determine immune status for Hepatitis B as > 10 uIU/mL as per CDC