Test Code FTAABS Treponema pallidum Antibody, IgG by IFA (FTA-ABS), Serum, ARUP #0050477

Infectious

Additional Codes

ARUP TEST CODE:

0050477

MEDITECH MNEMONIC:

FTAABS

Preferred Specimen:

1mL serum/serum separator tube

Acceptable Specimen:

1mL serum/non-gel tube

Minimum Volume**:

0.4mL serum

**This volume does not include any repeat/reflexed testing

Reject: CSF, plasma, or other body fluids, hemolysis or lipemia

Transport Container:

Transport Tube

Preferred Transport Temperature:

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability (after centrifugation and separation from cells):

Ambient: 48 hours

Refrigerated: 14 days

Frozen: 365 days

ARUP Laboratories

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Salt Lake City, Utah 84108-1221