Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Sickle Cell disease follow up Hemoglobin Electrophoresis

Synonyms

  • LAB11015
  • NIHGBE
  • SICKLE HEMOGLOBIN ELECTROPHORESIS

Cerner Name

Sickle HGB Elect

Clinical Info

To be usedfor Inhouse Northwell Patients undergoing treatment.

Specimen Sources

Blood, Arterial Blood, Capillary Blood, Central Line Blood, Venous

Specimen Types

Blood

Specimen Volume

3 mL of EDTA whole blood (1.5 mL min)

Container

Lavender Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube:  Lavender-top (EDTA) tube(s)
Specimen:  3 mL of EDTA whole blood (1.5 mL min)
Transport Temperature:  Refrigerate

Transport Instructions

Refrigerate

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Capillary Electrophoresis
Includes identification and quantitation of hemoglobin A, hemoglobin F, hemoglobin  A2, and variants, without Pathologist interpretation.

Days Performed

Sunday - Friday

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

83020

PDM

1756169

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
HEMOGLOBIN A% HGBAPCT HEMOGLOBIN A PCT Hemoglobin A
HEMOGLOBIN A2% HGBA2PCT HEMOGLOBIN A2 PCT Hemoglobin A2
HEMOGLOBIN F% HGBFPCT HEMOGLOBIN F PCT Hemoglobin F
HEMOGLOBIN S% HGBSPCT HEMOGLOBIN S PCT Hemoglobin S
HEMOGLOBIN C% HGBCPCT HEMOGLOBIN C PCT Hemoglobin C
HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT 1% HGBVAR1PCT HEMOGLOBIN VAR 1PCT Hemoglobin Variant 1

Result Interpretation

Hemoglobin A :  95.8 - 98.0 %
Hemoglobin A2:  2.0 - 3.2 %
Hemoglobin F  :  0.0 - 1.0 %

Forms
LAB11015 build edit