Internal: Deliver to lab immediatley. Mon-Thurs only. Offsite: 20 mL whole blood in plain green top tube Deliver to lab same day. Mon-Thurs only.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Ambient specimen must be received by Reference lab within 24 hours of collection [testing is performed on live neutrophils.]
Performed
Upon receipt
Remarks
Various neutrophil function assays available:
Bactericidal - Needs to be scheduled PRIOR to collection.
Chemotaxis - Needs to be scheduled PRIOR to collection.
Please contact the Clinical Lab - Senoduts @ 720-848-7043
M-Th to schedule testing.
Nitroblue Tetrazolium [NBT] dye reduction
Dihydrorhodamine [DHR] (oxidative metabolism).
Performed
Upon receipt
Methodology
Various methods of stimulating neutrophils at various stages of their phogacytic process are used to determine the host neutrophil's phagocytic ability.
Reported
Varies
Synonyms
CHEMOTAXIS
NBT - NitroblueTetrazolium
DHR - Dihydrorhodamine
NEUTFUNC
NFT
Epic ID
LAB 3646
CPT Codes
Varies depending on function type: 86344 Bactericidal
86155 x2 Chemotaxis
82657 x2 DHR
86384 NBT
Collection
Epic ID
LAB 3646
Performing Lab
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
Collect
Requires special handling: 20 mL green top [heparinized - Sodium or Lithium] - whole blood. (Dark Green)
SCHEDULE W/LAB PRIOR TO COLLECTION for Bactericidal and Chemotaxis testing.
Call 720-848-7029.
Specimen Preparation
Green tops with gel (PST) acceptable if they are NOT centrifuged (per NJH Immunology Lab).
Internal: Deliver to lab immediatley. Mon-Thurs only. Offsite: 20 mL whole blood in plain green top tube Deliver to lab same day. Mon-Thurs only.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Ambient specimen must be received by Reference lab within 24 hours of collection [testing is performed on live neutrophils.]
Performed
Upon receipt
Remarks
Various neutrophil function assays available:
Bactericidal - Needs to be scheduled PRIOR to collection.
Chemotaxis - Needs to be scheduled PRIOR to collection.
Please contact the Clinical Lab - Senoduts @ 720-848-7043
M-Th to schedule testing.
Nitroblue Tetrazolium [NBT] dye reduction
Dihydrorhodamine [DHR] (oxidative metabolism).
Ordering
Performed
Upon receipt
Methodology
Various methods of stimulating neutrophils at various stages of their phogacytic process are used to determine the host neutrophil's phagocytic ability.
Reported
Varies
Synonyms
CHEMOTAXIS
NBT - NitroblueTetrazolium
DHR - Dihydrorhodamine
NEUTFUNC
NFT
Epic ID
LAB 3646
Result Interpretation
Administrative
CPT Codes
Varies depending on function type: 86344 Bactericidal
86155 x2 Chemotaxis
82657 x2 DHR
86384 NBT
