Overview

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Hepatitis B: HBs antigen

Material & Volume

Serum, 1ml

Reference values

AgeRangeUnit
All<1.0MOC

Clinical information

Detection already in incubation period
Becoming negative is associated with healing of the disease; persistence > 6 months: chronic hepatitis B.
5 - 10% of infections are HBs antigen negative.

If the result is unclear, an additional confirmation test is carried out.

Index

Australia antigen

Position / Price

Position: 3060.00
Price: CHF 18.00
+ Processing fee: CHF 21.60
(per order and per day)

Method

CMIA

Sample stability

Room temperature (20 to 25°C) = 7 days

Refrigerated (2 to 8°C) = 14 days

Frozen (-2 to -25°C) = 365 days

Execution time

1 day

Executing laboratory

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