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HelpTest Code ASO Antistreptolysin
Performing Laboratory
| Charleston Area Medical Center- Automated Procedures | 304-388-5953 |
Specimen Requirements
Serum-SST gold top, red top
Allow SST or red top to completely clot
Spin and physically separate serum from contact with cells as soon as possible
4 mL of serum (minimum 2 mL)
Specimen Rejection
- Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
- Quantity not sufficient
- Hemolyzed
Storage and Stability
| Room Temperature | 8 hours |
| Refrigerate 2-8o C | 2 weeks |
| Frozen < -20o C | Not specified |
Reference Values
| Adult | <200 IU/mL |
| Pediatric | No range established |
Methodology
Immunoturbidmetric
Days Test Set Up and Turnaround
Monday through Sunday, Continuously
| AM Collection | Expected by 9AM same day |
| Routine | Expected within 24 hrs |
| Stat | Expected within 1 hr |
| Timed | Expected results are test dependant |
CPT Coding
86060