Sample type: See Notes

Test name: Quantiferon

Special precautions & notes: There are specific containers required for sample collection without which the assay cannot be performed. Please contact the laboratory at NBT.
Samples required in our laboratory with 16 hours of venepuncture.

Reference range: Please see hyperlink below for a guide to interpretation.

Container: Special collection tubes. Please contact the laboratory: 0117 41 48377 or flowlab@nbt.nhs.uk

Referred outside NBT for analysis? No

Discipline: Immunology

Section: Immunophenotyping

Turnaround time: 7 working days

www.nbt.nhs.uk/severn-pathology/pathology-services/allergy-immunology-immunogenetics/cellular-immunology-immunophenotyping-laboratory

Method:

Chemiluminescent Immunoassay

Further information: EQA: UK NEQAS Interferon Gamma Release assay - TB