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Test Code LYME Lyme Ab w/reflex (Modified 2 Tier)

EHR Test Codes

  Test Code Test Name
Atlas LYME Lyme AB w/reflex (Modified 2 Tier)
Cerner   Lyme Ab w/reflex (Modified 2 Tier) 

 

Specimen Requirements

Preparation of Patient: 

None

 

Container Type: 

Gold Top SST Gel & Clot Activator Tube

Specimen Type:

Serum

 

Specimen Volume: 

2.5 mL of Serum minimum 1.0 mL

 

Specimen Handling/Transport:

Separate serum from cells within 2 hours of collection.

Transport refrigerated 2-8°C.

 

Specimen Stability/Storage:

8 hours ambient room temperature

5 days refrigerated 2-8°C

 

Specimen Rejection:

Gross Hemolysis

Gross Lipemia

Performing Laboratory

Munson Medical Center Laboratories

Priority, Frequency, & Turnaround

Priority:

Non-Emergent

 

Frequency:

Monday, Wednesday, & Friday

 

Turnaround:

0 - 3 days

Methodology

Chemiluminescent, Modified Two-Tier Testing (MTTT)

Test Algorithm

*

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Reporting

Reference Range: 

Negative

 

Result Interpretation:

Note:  All positive and/or repeated equivocal results will be tested for the presence of specific IgG and/or IgM antibodies in accordance with the modified two-tier testing (MTTT) Algorithm for Lyme Disease.

 

Critical Decision: 

None

Clinical Significance

To determine exposure or immune status to Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent for Lymes disease

 

Lyme disease is caused by the tickborne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. The CDC initiated surveillance for Lyme disease in 1982, and since 1991 Lyme disease has been a nationally reportable disease. In the United States, the disease is primarily localized to states in the northeast, mid-Atlantic, upper north-central regions and northwestern California. The bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi is the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis, a disease which is transmitted by different tick species of the genus Ixodes.

 

Additional Tickborne Disease testing is availible through Mayo laboratories.  See testing algorithm for more information Acute_Tick-Borne_Disease_Testing_Algorithm

CPT Code

86618