Test Directory

Specimen Type: Whole Blood

Collection Container: Green Top (Sodium Heparin) (patient AND control)

Alternate Collection Container: Pale Yellow Top (ACD solution A) (patient AND control)

Desired Specimen Volume: 10 mL for patient AND 10 mL for control

Testing requires special attention to specimen collection and shipping in order to ensure the integrity of the sample. Testing is by appointment only.

1. Collect a green top (sodium heparin) tube via venipuncture for the patient between 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Monday - Thursday only.
2. Collect a green top (sodium heparin) tube via venipuncture for the control.
3. Collect control specimen from a healthy individual unrelated to patient at approximately the same time as and under similar conditions to the patient.
4. Fill tubes entirely with whole blood.

1. A scheduled courier is required for specimen transport.
2. Label specimens with room temperature stickers.
3. Transport 10 mL of whole blood for the patient and 10 mL of whole blood for the control in the original collection containers.
4. Do not refrigerate or freeze.

Collect control specimen from a healthy individual unrelated to patient at approximately the same time as and under similar conditions to the patient.

Transport to the laboratory at room temperature.  

• Yellow (ACD solution B)

 See patient report.

Do not order for patients younger than 3 months unless clinical history of candidiasis is present. For patients who are lymphopenic, collection of 10 mL of whole blood, rather than the minimum required volumes, is recommended to increase the likelihood that a sufficient number of lymphocytes can be isolated for testing.

•  Antigen Proliferation, Lymphocytes