CHAGAS DISEASE, SERUM

Complement Fixation (CF)/Indirect Fluorescent Antibody (IFA)

 

Test Performed At:

 

 

Missouri State Health Lab to Centers for Disease Control

 

Specimen Required:

 

 

Draw 6.0 mL whole blood in a plain, red-top tube(s). 

 

 

NOTE:

Please complete a “Centers for Disease Control Patient History Form” and forward it with the specimen. This form is supplied by St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

 

Laboratory Notes:

 

 

Spin and separate.  Specimen must be put in State Box in Central Lab Receiving before 9:30 a.m. to ensure pick-up.  Refrigerate overnight, weekends and holidays.

 

 

NOTE:

Include completed a “Centers for Disease Control Patient History Form” and forward it with the specimen.

 

Reference Values:

 

 

Complement fixation diagnostic titer: >1:8

 

 

Indirect fluorescent antibody diagnostic titer: >1:32

 

Day(s) Test Set Up:

 

 

Monday - Friday

 

Cut-Off Time:

 

 

 

 

Turn Around Time:

 

 

1-2 weeks

 

CPT Code:

 

 

99001

 

Care Manager Order Name:

 

 

Chagas Disease, Complement Fixation ONCE RTN

 

Cerner Order Name:

 

 

Chagas

 

Last Updated 01/08