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TEST ID PEPIMTYP PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS WITH IMMUNOTYPING

Important Note

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

Immunofixation

Immunosubtraction

SPE

SPEP

Serum Protein Electrophoresis

PEP

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

2.5 mL

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 Yes*
QMPSS Monoclonal Protein Study, Quantitative Yes Yes*

Reference Values

An interpretive report will be provided