Antibody Screen TEST CODE CPT CODE
363 86850
   
Specimen Requirements:        Red Top Tube
Report Available: 24 Hours
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
Clinical Use: to detect and subsequently identify clinically important red cell antibodies. Thus antibody screening is a routine pretransfusion test. Antibody detection and identification also play an important role in the investigation protocols for hemolytic disease of the newborn, hemolytic anemia, and transfusion reaction.