Order Name LAB119 SPEP, INCLUDES QUANTITATION OF MONOCLONAL SPIKE

Important Note

*This test is orderable in Cerner as Protein Electrophoresis, S (SPEP) UVM

Method

Capillary Electrophoresis

CPT(s)

Description	CPT Code
Protein Electrophoresis	84165
Protein, Total	84155

Reference Range

	Age	Low	High	Units
Albumin	All	3.6	5.2	g/dL
Albumin %	All	55.8	66.1	%
Alpha 1	All	0.15	0.40	g/dL
Alpha 1 %	All	2.9	4.9	%
Alpha 2	All	0.5	1.00	g/dL
Alpha 2 %	All	7.1	11.8	%
Beta	All	0.6	1.2	g/dL
Beta %	All	8.4	13.1	%
Gamma	All	0.6	1.6	g/dL
Gamma %	All	11.1	18.8	%

Instrumentation

Sebia Capillarys Tera 3

Specimen Information

Container	Specimen	Temperature	Collect Vol	Submit Vol	Min Vol	Stability
SST	Serum	Refrigerate	4 mL	1.5 mL	0.5 mL	7 days

Heparin tube (green) is NOT acceptable.

Performing Location

University of Vermont Medical Center

Test Schedule / Analytical Time / Test Priority

Monday – Friday, run starts at 8:00 am / 3 days / Not available STAT

Section

Chemistry-2

Is the UVMMC lab NY State Certified to perform this testing? Yes/No

Yes