Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

False ragweed (w4) Allergen, IgE

Synonyms

  • ALLERGEN RAGWEED, FALSE IGE
  • LAB1662
  • RAGWEED, FALSE
  • RAST

Cerner Name

False ragweed (w4)

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

Blood

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.

Specimen Volume

0.5 mL (minimum volume:  0.2 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

2057263

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
FALSE RAGWEED (W4) CONC RAGWEEDCN FALSE RAGWEED W4 CONC False ragweed (w4) Conc
FALSE RAGWEED (W4) CLASS RAGWEEDCL FALSE RAGWEED W4 CLASS False ragweed (w4) 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
LAB1662 build edit