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Syphilis Antibody, Treponema pallidum Particle Agglutination, Serum (TPPA)

Methodology:

Particle Agglutination

Performed:

Monday through Friday

Analytical Time:

1 day

Testing Laboratory:

Pathology Laboratory

Laboratory Section:

Core Laboratory

Interpretive Data:

This assay is ordered reflexively when discordant Syphilis IgG IgM and RPR results are obtained.
Syphilis Screening vs. Monitoring Algorithm

Syphilis Antibody, Treponema pallidum Particle Agglutination, Serum (TPPA)

Preferred Collection Container:

SST (Serum Separator)

Also Acceptable Collection Container:

Red (No Additive)

Collection Information:

Collect blood in a SST (Serum Separator). Red (No Additive) also acceptable.

Transport Information:

Centrifuge and aliquot 0.5 mL of serum into a plastic transport vial. Send refrigerated.

Minimum Sample Volume: Minimum amount of analytical sample (serum, plasma, urine, CSF, etc.) required to perform an assay once. Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory or reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum specimen volume may result in a QNS (Quantity Not Sufficient) result, requiring a second specimen to be collected.

Minimum amount of analytical sample (serum, plasma, urine, CSF, etc.) required to perform an assay once. Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory or reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum specimen volume may result in a QNS (Quantity Not Sufficient) result, requiring a second specimen to be collected.

0.3 mL of serum (approximately 0.6 mL of whole blood based upon a normal patient hematocrit)

Unacceptable Conditions:

Gross hemolysis or gross lipemia

Stability

Refrigerated Stability:

5 days - Preferred

Frozen Stability:

Indefinitely
Freeze/Thaw: Once

Syphilis Antibody, Treponema pallidum Particle Agglutination, Serum (TPPA)

Sunquest Order Code:

TPPAB

Epic Number: The test code used to identify this assay in Epic

LAB1197

CPT Code:

86780

Syphilis Antibody, Treponema pallidum Particle Agglutination, Serum (TPPA)

Modified:

1/19/2010 11:15:48 AM