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TEST ID PEPIMPRN PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS PRN IMMUNOTYPING

Important Note

Immunotyping will ONLY be done as appropriate.

Immunotyping will either be performed in-house by immunosubtraction or sent to referral lab for Monoclonal Protein Study by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)

Additional Codes

SPE reflex immunotyping

Serum Protein Electrophoresis

PEP with reflex

SPEP

Performing Laboratory

NRLS-Core Chemistry

Specimen Type

Serum

Specimen Required

Container/Tube:
Preferred: Gold top serum gel (2)
Acceptable:  Red top
Specimen Volume: 3.0 mL
 

Collection Instructions:

Serum gel tubes should be fully clotted and centrifuged within 2 hours of collection.
Red-top tubes should be fully clotted, centrifuged and aliquoted within 2 hours of collection.

Specimen Minimum Volume

0.5 mL- No immunotyping reflexed

2.5 mL- Immunotyping is reflexed. 

Specimen Stability Information

Specimen Type Temperature Time
Serum Refrigerated(preferred) 10 days
  Ambient 8 hours
  Frozen(within 8 hrs of collect) 1 month

 

Reflex Testing

Only 1 Immunotyping method will  reflex based on electrophoresis results.   

Test ID Reporting Name Available
Separately		 Always
Performed
  IMMUNOSUBTRACTION No No
QMPSS Monoclonal Protein Study, Quantitative Yes No

Reference Values

An interpretive report will be provided