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T-SPOT®.TB Test

Last Modified: 10/30/2012 1:06:52 PM


Client Notes: Specimen Must be received by PRMC Lab site before 4:00 pm on the date of collection. 

Contact Client Response at 266-1500 (Option 2) if an additional courier pickup will be needed
Specimen Requirements:

NOTE: Specimen Requirements may be different based on patients WBC (White Blood Cell Count). Contact Client Response at 266-1500 (Option 1) fo assistance if the patients WBC count is below normal Range.

Adults & Children over 10 years old
   12.0 to 16.0 mL Whole Blood in 4 Green Top Tube - Li Heparin 

Children 2 to 9 years of age
   6.0 mL Whole Blood in 2 Green Top Tubes - Li Heparin 

Children under the age of 2
   4.0 mL Whole Blood in a Green Top Tube - Li Heparin

DO NOT SPIN SAMPLE
Collection Instructions: Do Not Collect Before 6:00 a.m. Due to the short stability of the specimen, and the needed time to get to the reference laboratory. 

Specimens can be collected Monday thru Friday only
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability: Ambient
32 hours from collection to receipt at Oxford Labs

Specimen Must be received at PRMC Lab site before 4:00 pm on the date of collection
Reference Range: Negative
Methodology: Patent Testing
Clinical Significance: The T-SPOT. TB test detects the immune response of T cells that have been stimulated by M tuberculosis antigens.  The test utilizes M tuberculosis-specific antigens that are absent from BCG strains and most non-tuberculosis mycobacteria.   The T-SPOT.TB test is an indirect test for M tuberculosis infection (including disease) and is intended for use in conjunction with risk assessment, radiography and other medical and diagnostic evaluations
Custom Panel: No

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE

Turn Around Time: 1 to 3 days
Days Performed: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Other Testing Facility: Oxford Diagnostics Laboratories
PHL Test Code: SPOT
Send Out Test Code: T-SPOT TB Test
Alternate Test Names: T SPOT TB Test; TSPOT TB Test; T-SPOT TB Test
CPT Coding: 86480

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