Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Fecal Lactoferrin, Quantitative

Synonyms

  • FECAL LEUKOCYTES
  • LAB1040
  • LACTOFERRIN, FECAL, QUANTITATIVE
  • LACTOFERRIN, QUANTITATIVE, STOOL

Cerner Name

Lactoferrin, Fecal, Quantitative

Clinical Info

 
An in vitro diagnostic aid to distinguish patients with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from those with inactive IBD, as well as from noninflammatory irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
 

Specimen Sources

Per Rectum Per Stoma

Specimen Types

Stool

Container

Stool Container

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Clean screw capped plastic vial
Specimen: 1 g stool ( 0.5 g min) unpreserved random
Transport Temperature: Refrigerate
Stability: Refrigerate 14 days. 
                 Room temperature or frozen for 14 days.

Specimen Volume

1 g stool ( 0.5 g min) unpreserved random

Transport Instructions

Refrigerate

Specimen Stability

Refrigerate 14 days. 
                 Room temperature or frozen for 14 days.

Methodology

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

Days Performed

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp

CPT

83631

PDM

1559433

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
LACTOFERRIN, FECAL, QUANTITATIVE LACTOFE LACTOFERRIN, FECAL, QUANTITATIVE Lactoferrin, Fecal, Quantitative

Result Interpretation

• Baseline (normal): 0.00-7.24
• Elevated: >7.24
An elevated result is indicative of the presence of fecal lactoferrin, a marker of intestinal inflammation. A normal result does not exclude the presence of intestinal inflammation.

Forms
LAB1040 build edit