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Performing Laboratory
YRMC Laboratory, Serology
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through Sunday
Available STAT for LDRP mothers with no pre-natal care.
Reactive specimens will be titered to end-point.
All reactive RPR tests will be referred to Mayo Medical Laboratories for treponemal confirmatory testing.
Specimen Requirements
Serum
EDTA Plasma
CPD Plasma
CPDA-1 Plasma
Samples should be free from bacterial contamination, hemolysis, or lipemia.
Specimen Transport Temperature
Ambient
Serum samples must be tested within 72 hours and stored at 2-8° C. Samples that require longer storage periods must be removed from the red cells and may be stored for 5 days at 2-8° C or at –20° C or below until testing (2).
Plasma samples will not be tested if greater than 48 hours old because of the potential for false reactive results.
Reference Values
Non-reactive
Test Classification and CPT Coding
86592 – RPR
86593 – RPR titer – (reflex ordered by laboratory when RPR is Reactive)
This test has been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is performed according to manufacturer’s instructions. Performance characteristics for this test have been verified by Yuma Regional Medical Center Laboratory in compliance with CLIA recommendations.
Collection Instructions
Tube Color: Red Top, Gold Top, Lavendar Top (EDTA)
Methodology
Rapid plasma reagin – non-treponemal flocculation test.
Loinc Code
20507-0