Test Code PR150/84241 Mini-RAST Profile

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Serum

Container/Tube:

Preferred: Serum gel

Acceptable: Red top

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

Specimen Minimum Volume: For 1 allergen: 0.3 mL/For more than 1 allergen: (0.05 mL x number of allergens) + 0.25 mL deadspace

Reject Due To:

Hemolysis: Mild OK; Gross OK

Lipemia: Mild OK; Gross OK

Icterus: NA

Other: NA

Specimen Transport Temperature

Refrigerated (preferred) 14 days/Frozen 14 days

Performing Laboratory

The Valley Hospital/Mayo Medical Laboratories

Methodology

Profile Information:
Test ID	Reporting Name	Available Separately
CAT	Cat Epithelium, IgE	Yes
SRW	Short Ragweed, IgE	Yes
ELM	Elm, IgE	Yes
OAK	Oak, IgE	Yes
EGPL	English Plantain, IgE	Yes
DOGD	Dog Dander, IgE	Yes
BERG	Bermuda Grass, IgE	Yes
JUNE	June Grass, IgE	Yes
DF	House Dust Mites/D.F., IgE	Yes
ALTN	Alternaria Tenuis, IgE	Yes

Method Name:

Fluorescence Enzyme Immunoassay (FEIA)

Reference Values

Class	IgE kU/L	Interpretation
0	<0.35	Negative
1	0.35-0.69	Equivocal
2	0.70-3.49	Positive
3	3.50-17.4	Positive
4	17.5-49.9	Strongly positive
5	50.0-99.9	Strongly positive
6	≥100	Strongly positive

Reference values apply to all ages.

Test Classification and CPT Coding

86003 x 10

Reporting Title

Mini-RAST Profile

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Saturday