Specimen Stability (for laboratory use only)
Collection Container
Gold top (no additive, SST)
Service Code:
Service code pending
Collection Instructions:
1. Draw sufficient blood into gold top tube.
2. Gently invert the tube 5 times.
3. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
2. Gently invert the tube 5 times.
3. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
Unacceptable Conditions:
N.A.
Specimen Stability:
Ambient
Unspun: 2 hours
Performance
Turn Around Time:
1 - 7 days
Days Test Performed:
Testing Laboratory:
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), Clinical Immunology Laboratory
Clinical & Interpretative
Description:
Defining the allergen responsible for eliciting signs and symptoms
Identifying allergens:
-Responsible for allergic disease and/or anaphylactic episode
-To confirm sensitization prior to beginning immunotherapy
-To investigate the specificity of allergic reactions to insect venom allergens, drugs, or chemical allergens
Specific allergens orderable on NGEMR:
• Scallop
•Squid
•Clam
•Coconut
•Corn/Maize
•Rice
•Shrimp
•Ovomucoid
•Ovalbumin
•Yellow Hornet
•Yellow Hornet, i3
•White-faced Hornet
•rTri a 19 Omega-5 gliadin, wheat
•Wheat
•Walnut
•Soybean
•Pistachio
•Pine Nut
•Pennicilloyl V
•Pennicilloyl G
•Pecan
•Peanut, Rara H 9 LTP
•Peanut, Rara H 8 PR-10
•rAra h 2 Peanut
•Peanut, Rara H 1
•Peanut
•Milk
•Latex
•Honey Bee venom
•Hazel Nut, Rcor A 14
•Hazel Nut
•Egg white
•Dog Dander (Environmental)
•Dermatophagoides Pteronyssinus (Environmental Mites)
•Dermatophagoides Farinae (Environmental Mites)
•Crab
•Codfish
•Cockroach (German)
•Chickpea
•Chicken
•Cheese
•Cat Epithelium & Dander (Environmental)
•Cashew Nut
•Cashew Nut, ANA O3
•Casein (Milk)
•Brazil Nut
•Blomia Tropicalis (Environmental Mites)
•B-Lactoglobulin (Milk)
•Aspergillus fumigatus
•Ampicilloyl
•Amoxicilloyl
•Almond
•Dog epithelium
•Shellfish mix
•Oil Palm
•Potato
Identifying allergens:
-Responsible for allergic disease and/or anaphylactic episode
-To confirm sensitization prior to beginning immunotherapy
-To investigate the specificity of allergic reactions to insect venom allergens, drugs, or chemical allergens
Specific allergens orderable on NGEMR:
• Scallop
•Squid
•Clam
•Coconut
•Corn/Maize
•Rice
•Shrimp
•Ovomucoid
•Ovalbumin
•Yellow Hornet
•Yellow Hornet, i3
•White-faced Hornet
•rTri a 19 Omega-5 gliadin, wheat
•Wheat
•Walnut
•Soybean
•Pistachio
•Pine Nut
•Pennicilloyl V
•Pennicilloyl G
•Pecan
•Peanut, Rara H 9 LTP
•Peanut, Rara H 8 PR-10
•rAra h 2 Peanut
•Peanut, Rara H 1
•Peanut
•Milk
•Latex
•Honey Bee venom
•Hazel Nut, Rcor A 14
•Hazel Nut
•Egg white
•Dog Dander (Environmental)
•Dermatophagoides Pteronyssinus (Environmental Mites)
•Dermatophagoides Farinae (Environmental Mites)
•Crab
•Codfish
•Cockroach (German)
•Chickpea
•Chicken
•Cheese
•Cat Epithelium & Dander (Environmental)
•Cashew Nut
•Cashew Nut, ANA O3
•Casein (Milk)
•Brazil Nut
•Blomia Tropicalis (Environmental Mites)
•B-Lactoglobulin (Milk)
•Aspergillus fumigatus
•Ampicilloyl
•Amoxicilloyl
•Almond
•Dog epithelium
•Shellfish mix
•Oil Palm
•Potato
Methodology:
Fluorescent Enzyme Immunoassay (FEIA) using Phadia P250 system
Reference Interval:
See laboratory report
Critical Values:
N.A.
