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Test Code PR151/84236 RAST Food 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 IDReporting NameAvailable Separately
FOOD7Food-Seafood PanelYes
WHTWheat, IgEYes
BEEFBeef, IgEYes
PORKPork, IgEYes
CORNCorn-Food, IgEYes
MILKMilk, IgEYes
SOYSoybean, IgEYes
PEANPeanut, IgEYes
EGGEgg White, IgEYes
YOLKEgg Yolk, IgEYes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Method Name:

Fluorescence Enzyme Immunoassay (FEIA)

Reference Values

Class  IgE kU/L   Interpretation
0<0.35Negative
10.35-0.69Equivocal
20.70-3.49Positive
33.50-17.4Positive
417.5-49.9Strongly positive
550.0-99.9Strongly positive
6≥100Strongly positive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference values apply to all ages.

Test Classification and CPT Coding

86003 x 10

Reporting Title

Food Profile

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Saturday