Test Details

• Discipline:

  Immunology

  Immunology

• Specimen Container Adult:

  Whole Blood EDTA + normal control

  Whole Blood EDTA + normal control

• Specimen Container Paediatric:

  Whole blood-EDTA + normal control

  Whole blood-EDTA + normal control

• Minimum Volume Adult:

  4 ml

  4 ml

• Minimum Volume Paediatric:

  4 ml

  4 ml

• Special Requirement:

  The requesting clinician must arrange for a control sample from a healthy volunteer to arrive at the same time as the patient's sample (please label control). Samples should ideally be tested as fr...

  The requesting clinician must arrange for a control sample from a healthy volunteer to arrive at the same time as the patient's sample (please label control). Samples should ideally be tested as fresh as possible. Keep at room temperature at all times. Samples should arrive in the laboratory no later than 14:00 to be processed the same day.

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• Transport Requirements:

  Please sent to Flow Cytometry, Blood Sciences Lab, RVI.

  Please sent to Flow Cytometry, Blood Sciences Lab, RVI.

• Freq Analysis:

  As required

  As required

• Add On Test:

  Not possible.

  Not possible.

• Interpretation:

  None

  None

• Reference Ranges:

  Normal Result: Normal

  Normal Result: Normal

• Other Info:

  Defects are also associated with macrophage activation syndrome in JIA and with lymphoma. Granule release assay should also be requested as part of FHLH investigation. If both are normal SAP and XI...

  Defects are also associated with macrophage activation syndrome in JIA and with lymphoma. Granule release assay should also be requested as part of FHLH investigation. If both are normal SAP and XIAP should be excluded in males.

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• Routine Contact Name:

  Flow Cytometry Lab

• Routine Telephone:

  0191 282 5078

  0191 282 5078

• Routine Email:

  nuth.FlowCytometryLab@nhs.net