Enumeration of lymphocytes - CD3+ T cells, CD3+CD4+ T helper cells, CD3+CD8 cytotoxic T cells, CD19+ B cells, CD16/56+ NK cells.
EDTA samples must arrive within 24 hours of venesection for viable testing.
Assay is run within routine hours only (08:00 - 16:30 Monday-Friday), samples MUST arrive before 14:00 on a Friday.
A CBC with differential is an essential component of this test, please request in addition to LSMA. If the sample will take more than 6 hours to reach the Immunology laboratory please perform the CBC at the referring laboratory and send the result with the sample.
Refrigerated samples are unacceptable.
Immunology
LSMA
1 x EDTA (lavender), send to lab immediately
Phone lab and send direct to immunology at room temperature. Sample received after hours place into immunology bin at room temperature
CD4 count
CD4:CD8 ratio
CD8 count
LSMA
T & B cell subsets
T cell subsets
4 days
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