Specimen Requirements
Updated September 2006
Test Number Test Description Specimen Needed Collection and Shipping
SERUM
170 C6 Peptide 0.5 ml Serum Collect in Red Top Tube, separate, and send in clear tube.
Store in Refrigerator. Ship within 4 days of collection.
SHIP WITH COLD PACK
 or
Collect in SST Tube and spin.
Store in Refrigerator. Ship within 4 days of collection.
SHIP WITH COLD PACK
183
195		 Lyme IgG / IgM Serology
Lyme IgM Serology		 0.5 ml Serum
0.5 ml Serum

Collect in Red Top Tube, separate, and send in clear tube.
Store in Refrigerator.
Ship within 4 days of collection. Ship at Room Temperature.
or
Collect in SST Tube and spin.
Store in Refrigerator.
Ship within 4 days of collection. Ship at Room Temperature
230 Lyme IgG/IgM/IgA Screen (IFA) 0.5 ml Serum
189
188		 Lyme Western Blot IgG
Lyme Western Blot IgM		 0.5 ml Serum
0.5 ml Serum
453 MULTIPLEX PCR for SERUM 2 ml Serum
200 Babesia microti — IgG / IgM Antibody 0.5 ml Serum
710 WA-1 — IgG / IgM Antibody (Referral) 0.5 ml Serum
203 Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME) — IgG / IgM Antibody 0.5 ml Serum
750 PCR for HME — Serum 1.0 ml Serum
206 Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE) — IgG / IgM Antibody 0.5 ml Serum
755 PCR for HGE — Serum 1.0 Serum
285 Bartonella henselae — IgG / IgM Antibody 0.5 ml Serum
283 PCR for Bartonella henselae - Serum 1.0 ml serum
WHOLE BLOOD (EDTA)
456 MULTIPLEX PCR for WHOLE BLOOD 2 ml Whole Blood

1 Lavendar Top tube (EDTA).
Store in Refrigerator.
(DO NOT FREEZE)
Ship within 4 days of collection. Ship at Room Temperature.
660 PCR for Babesia (B microti and/or WA-1) 2 ml Whole Blood
770 PCR for HME — Whole Blood 2 ml Whole Blood
775 PCR for HGE — Whole Blood 2 ml Whole Blood
280 PCR for Bartonella henselae 2 ml Whole Blood
URINE
800–805 Lyme DOT-BLOT Assay for Antigen 8–10 ml Urine Collect in Becton Dickinson 4962 Vacutainer Gray Top Tubes - FOR URINE ONLY. Store in Refrigerator.
Ship within 4 days of collection. Ship at Room Temperature.
or
LABS ONLY: Freeze sample and ship with dry ice.
Ship within 4 days of collection.
450 MULTIPLEX PCR for URINE 3 ml Urine
465 MULTIPLEX PCR for Pooled Urine 3 ml Urine
x 3
CSF
810 Lyme DOT-BLOT Assay for Antigen — CSF 2 ml CSF Store in Refrigerator.
Ship within 4 days of collection. Ship at Room Temperature.
459 MULTIPLEX PCR for Cerebral Spinal Fluid 2 ml CSF
281 PCR for Bartonella henselae — CSF 2 ml CSF
FISH
640 Fish for Babesia 2 slides See slide instructions.
Ship within 4 days of collection. Store and Ship at Room Temperature.
MISCELLANEOUS
462 MULTIPLEX PCR for Miscellaneous (Fluids, Tissue)   Freeze Tissue samples, breast milk, semen, misc fluids.
Ship within 4 days of collection.
SHIP WITH COLD PACK.
(Synovial Fluid can be drawn in Red Top)

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