Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Crab (f23) Allergen, IgE

Synonyms

  • ALLERGEN CRAB IGE
  • CRAB RAST
  • LAB1618
  • RAST

Cerner Name

Crab (f23)

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

5710192

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
CRAB (F23) CONC CRABCONC CRAB F23 CONC Crab (f23) Conc
CRAB (F23) CLASS CRABCLASS CRAB F23 CLASS Crab (f23) 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
LAB1618 build edit