Hepatitis C Virus Test Menu - Sonora Quest

Hepatitis C Virus

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Test Name

Test Code Specimen Requirements

Clinical Use Summary

Hepatitis C Antibody w/re ex to Hepatitis C RNA Quantitative, RT-PCR

8587

4 mL refrigerated serum in a serum separator tube (SST) (3 mL minimum). Centrifuge as soon as possible after clot formation.

Detect HCV antibody and con rm active HCV infection; establish baseline viral load for treatment monitoring; If Hepatitis C Antibody is reactive or equivocal, then Hepatitis C RNA, Quantitative, RT-PCR will be performed at an additional charge

Disease Progression

Test Name

Test Code Specimen Requirements

Clinical Use Summary

Hepatitis C Virus RNA, Quantitative, RT-PCR

Hepatitis C Viral RNA, Qualitative, TMA

Liver Fibrosis, FibroTest-ActiTest Panel

905541 901153 906531

3 mL frozen EDTA plasma from 2 lavender-top tubes (2.5 mL minimum). Centrifuge and transfer plasma to a plastic, screw-cap polypropylene vial within 24 hours of collection.

Useful in monitoring response to therapy and/or disease progression; Reportable range is 15-100,000,000 IU/mL (1.18-8.00 Log IU/mL)

2 mL frozen EDTA plasma in a PPT white-top tube (0.6 mL minimum). Centrifuge and freeze entire tube within 2 hours of collection.

Useful in con rming HCV infection and to assess response to therapy; Limit of detection for this assay is 5.3 IU/mL

3.5 mL frozen serum (2 mL minimum) from a serum separator tube (SST) or plain red-top tube. Serum should be separated from the cells as soon as possible after visible clot formation (usually 15-30 minutes after collection). Avoid freezing and thawing.

FibroTest and ActiTest permit the non-invasive evaluation of Hepatitis C (or B) individuals for the presence of liver brosis and liver in ammation, respectively. The FibroTest and ActiTest scores are calculated based on patient age, gender and in serum concentrations of y-glutamyl transferase (GGT), total bilirubin (TB), a-2 microglobulin, haptoglobin, apolipoprotein A1 and alanine aminotransferase (ActiTest). FibroTest and ActiTest Scores, on a scale of 0.0 to 1.0, are assigned a Metavir scale indicating the level of brosis or in ammation present.

Please note that this test is not available for patients ................
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