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Test Code .BB CORD Type Cord Blood

Performing Laboratory

Charleston Area Medical Center-Transfusion Services

Women and Children's                               304-388-2380

Specimen Requirements and Processing

Draw a full 7mL plain, pink-top tube. 

Use patient sticker of mom and baby on tube.

Please complete a Blood Bank Request Form, and forward it with the specimen.

Specimen Rejection

  • Improperly labeled, quantity not sufficient, hemolyzed and improper collection.
  • Serum gel tube is not acceptable.

Storage and Stability

Specimen may be used for testing for 72 hours if sample is sufficient.

Reference Values

ABO/Rh TYPE
Determine ABO group and Rho(D)


DIRECT IgG COOMBS
Negative (reported as positive or negative)

 

Includes a direct Coombs' test and an ABO/Rh Type. Useful for determining ABO group and Rho(D) type and for ruling out hemolytic disease of the newborn due to ABO incompatibility or due to atypical IgG antibodies in the mother.

Methodology

Antigen-Antibody

Days Test Set Up and Turnaround

Monday through Sunday, Continuously

CPT Coding

86880-Coombs’ test

86900-ABO

86901-Rh type