Test Code TSPTQ T-Spot. TB
Additional Codes
Quest test code: 38702
Specimen Required
Collection Conatiner/Tube
Preferred: Green Lithium Heparin, Whole Blood
Acceptable: Green Sodium Heparin, Whole Blood
Submission Container/Tube: Green Lithium
Heparin tube or Green Sodium Heparin tube
Specimen Volume: 9 mL
Collection Instructions: Collect blood by
venipuncture and invert (8-10 times) to ensure that the whole blood
is mixed thouroughly with the anticoagulant.
Specimen Minimum Volume
9.0 mL
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 39 hours
Refrigerated: Unaccpetable
Frozen: Unacceptable
Reference Range
See laboratory report.
Rejection Due To
Anticougulant other than lithium heparin or
sodium heparin hemolized: Centtrifuged, Samples
received >39 hours after collection. Frozen or
refrigerated samples.
Report Available
Next day
Clinical Significance
The T-SPOT test is invitro diagnostics test for the detection of effector T cells that respond to stimulation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen ESAT-6 and CFP 10 by capturing inferon gamma (IFN-Y) in the vicinity of T cells in human whole blood collected in lithium heparin. Itis intended for use as an aid in the diagnosisi of M Tuberculosis infection. The T-Spot TB test is an indirected test for test for M. tuberculosis infection ( including disease ) and is intended for use in conjuntion with risk assesment, radiography and other medical and siagnostic.
Day(s) Performed
Sunday - Saturday