Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Tuna (f40) Allergen, IgE

Synonyms

  • ALLERGEN TUNA
  • LAB640
  • QUANTITATIVE
  • RAST
  • TUNA RAST

Cerner Name

Tuna (f40)

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

5710197

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
TUNA (F40) CONC TUNACONC TUNA F40 CONC Tuna (f40) Conc
TUNA (F40) CLASS TUNACLASS TUNA F40 CLASS Tuna (f40) 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
LAB640 build edit