Test Directory

• Chagas (T.cruzi) Ab Screen
• CMV Total Ab Screen
• NAT HBV/HCV/HIV-1 and NAT West Nile Virus
• NAT Babesia
• Hepatitis B core Antibody (HBc Ab)
• Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg)
• Hepatitis C Antibody (HCV)
• HIV-1/2 Antibody
• HTLV-I/II Antibody
• Syphilis Ab Screen

Specimen Type: Whole Blood EDTA AND Whole Blood (Serum)

Collection Container: Pink Top, EDTA AND Red Top, Plain AND Blue Top Roche Babesia Collection Tube

Desired Specimen Volume: 24 mL of EDTA whole blood AND 6 mL of whole blood red top, plain AND 10 mL Roche Babesia collection tube

1. Collect 4 pink top (EDTA) tubes and a red, top plain tube, and a blue top Roche babesia tube via venipuncture.
2. All tubes must be filled completely with whole blood.
3. Do not collect after 14:00.

A Rhode Island Blood Center Lab Test Request Form must accompany samples.

1. Samples should arrive at the Roble Road main lab by 14:00. A stat courier should be arranged if samples will not arrive before the courier pickup.
2. Transport all tubes in their original collection containers. Do not aliquot.
3. Referral Testing staff:
   1. Place the DIN barcode as close to the top of the tube as possible leaving an area where the sample can still be seen.
   2. Using a blue marker, draw a blue line on two of the EDTA tubes.
   3. Place a purple dot on the other two EDTA tubes.
   4. Using an orange marker, draw an orange line on the red top, plain tube.
   5. No part of the stickers or line markings should cover the barcode.
   6. Email client services at clientservicesRIBC@ribc.org the sample requisitions being sent that day.

• Gross hemolysis, lipemia or icterus