Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Lettuce (f215) Allergen, IgE

Synonyms

  • ALLERGEN LETTUCE IGE
  • LAB1596
  • LETTUCE RAST
  • RAST

Cerner Name

Lettuce (f215)

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

Blood

Specimen Volume

0.5 mL (minimum volume:  0.2 mL) of serum

Container

Gold Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube:  Gold-top tube(s) or plain, red-top tube(s)
Specimen:  0.5 mL (minimum volume:  0.2 mL) of serum
Transport Temperature:  Refrigerate
Collection Instructions:
Note:  Each additional allergen requires 0.1 mL of serum.

Transport Instructions

Refrigerate

Specimen Stability

Methodology

ImmunoCAP® System Fluorescence Enzyme Immunoassay (FEIA)

Days Performed

Monday - Friday

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

86003

PDM

5700257

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
LETTUCE (F215) CONC LETTUCECONC LETTUCE F215 CONC Lettuce (f215) Conc
LETTUCE (F215) CLASS LETTUCECLASS LETTUCE F215 CLASS Lettuce (f215) Class

Result Interpretation

 
                                 ImmunoCAP Interpretation
     
Conc (kUA/L)                     

Class

Level of Allergen Specific IgE Antibody

<0.10

0

Absent

0.10 - 0.34

0/I

Undetermined

0.35-0.70

I

Low

0.71-3.50

II

Moderate

3.51-17.50

III

High

17.51-50.00

IV

Very high

50.01-100.00

V

Very high

>100.00

VI

Very high
 

Forms
LAB1596 build edit