Blood sample (serum)
Gold top clotted (5ml)
Pink top EDTA (Renal patients only)
For electronic requesting using EPIC (RDUH ONLY):
Search for: ‘Hepatitis serology‘ or test code ‘O1230205‘ and select the appropriate panel
Please state if patient is IVDU
Please give details of following clinical symptoms:
Acute Hep C is mostly (80%) asymptomatic. In cases of acute hepatitis, also request Hepatitis A IgM, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis E.
Diagnosis of HCV infection.
Antibody is present in almost all patients by 1 month after onset of acute illness; thus, patients with acute hepatitis who initially test negative may need follow-up testing.
Processed locally in Microbiology at RDUH
24-48 hours
Please contact the laboratory for urgent requests
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hepatitis-c-guidance-data-and-analysis
(Key words: HepC)
Specimen Labelling Procedure
9018
